Fruit Cake
Mrs. D. Spalding, Brookfield, Mo.’s recipe · The Tinfully Family
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, warmed almost to melting
- 1 package raisins, cooked and cooled
- 3 eggs, keeping out the whites of two, for icing
- ½ cup buttermilk (or sour milk)
- ⅔ teaspoon baking soda
- 2½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- Icing
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- water, enough to melt
Method
- Have raisins warm (not hot) when added.
- Bake in flat pan.
Icing
- Cook until it forms a soft ball when tried in water.
- Pour into the beaten whites and whip until flaky.
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