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Fruitcake

  • desserts
  • cakes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 pound white raisins
  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 2 cups mixed fruit
  • 1/2 pound cherries
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup fruit juice
  • 1 teaspoon brandy flavoring

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over the raisins and dry them.

Notes

  • The source gives no further mixing directions, pan size, oven temperature, or baking time.
  • A crossed-out word appears before “cherries” and was omitted from the normalized ingredient.
Read the transcription as written
Fruitcake
1 cup butter, 1 cup w. sugar, 3 eggs
1 lb. w. raisins, ½ cup almonds, ½ walnuts, 2 cups mixed fruit
½ lb. [crossed out] cherries, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon B. powder, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ cup fruit juice, 1 tsp Brandy flavoring
Pour boiling water over raisins & dry.