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FRUIT  CAKE
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FRUIT CAKE

18 ingredients 11 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

846
Calories
21g
Protein
20g
Fat
149g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Fruit not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0
Tea not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 cupfuls flour spices of all kinds one qgg to be broken in the last thing
  • 1 teaspoonful allspice 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 11/2 teaspoonfuls soda mrs
  • 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 11/2 teaspoonfuls soda mrs
  • 11/2 teaspoonfuls soda mrs
  • 1 cupful fruit 1 teaspoonful soda 2 cupfuls flour spices of all kinds one qg
  • 1 teaspoonful soda 2 cupfuls flour spices of all kinds one qgg to be broken
  • one qgg to be broken in the last thing
  • two loaves
  • 1 cupful sugar iv2 cupfuls butter 4 cupfuls flour 1 pound currants 1 nutmeg 1
  • 4 cupfuls flour 1 pound currants 1 nutmeg 1 teaspoonful cloves 1 teaspoonful m
  • 1 pound currants 1 nutmeg 1 teaspoonful cloves 1 teaspoonful mace 1 cupful m
  • 1 nutmeg 1 teaspoonful cloves 1 teaspoonful mace 1 cupful molasses 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoonful cloves 1 teaspoonful mace 1 cupful molasses 4 eggs 1 pound rai
  • 1 teaspoonful mace 1 cupful molasses 4 eggs 1 pound raisins vi pound citron
  • 1 cupful molasses 4 eggs 1 pound raisins vi pound citron 1 teaspoonful cinnamo
  • 4 eggs 1 pound raisins vi pound citron 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 teaspoonful al
  • 1 pound raisins vi pound citron 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 teaspoonful allspice 1
  • 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 teaspoonful allspice 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 11/2 tea

Directions

1

V2 cupful sugar V2 cupful milk

2

V2 cupful water Vs cupful butter and lard

3

1 cupful fruit 1 teaspoonful soda

4

2 cupfuls flour Spices of all kinds

5

One Qgg to be broken in the last thing and then beaten 5 minutes. Miss T.

6

FRUIT CAKE (TWO LOAVES).

7

1 cupful sugar IV2 cupfuls butter 4 cupfuls flour 1 pound currants 1 nutmeg

8

1 teaspoonful cloves 1 teaspoonful mace

9

1 cupful molasses 4 eggs

10

1 pound raisins Vi pound citron 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 teaspoonful allspice 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 11/2 teaspoonfuls soda

11

Mrs. L. B. Cross.

By Johnson, Vt. Congregational church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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