Mama'S Fruit Cake
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A home-kitchen version of mama's fruit cake, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.
Ingredients
- 2 lb. candied pineapple
- 2 lb. cherries
- 1/2 lb. lemon
- 1/2 lb. orange
- 2 lb. seedless raisins
- 1 lb. currants
- 1 tsp. soda
- 3 tsp. cinnamon
- 3 tsp. allspice
- 3/4 tsp. mace
- 3/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 lb. light brown sugar
- 1 lb. butter
- 1 c. pecans
- 1 c. flour for dredging
- 4 c. flour for mixing
- 1 c. syrup (sorghum)
- 1 c. grape juice
- 1 pt. strawberry preserves
Method
Cream butter in sugar.
Beat eggs separately.
Add soda, cinnamon, allspice, mace and nutmeg all together with fruit.
Bake in 3 tube pans in pressure cooker at 10 pounds pressure for 1 hour.
Cook in stove 10 minutes at 300°.
(Freezes well.)
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