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Dark Fruit Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Dark Fruit Cake

15 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

983
Calories
29g
Protein
27g
Fat
160g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 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
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
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
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Mace 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

  • ½ cup butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • ¾ cup currants
  • ½ cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
  • ½ cup molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ½ teaspoon mace
  • ¼ teaspoon clove
  • ½ teaspoon lemon extract

Directions

1

Follow directions for mixing butter cake mixtures. Bake in deep cake pans one and one-quarter hours.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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