Fruit Cake

By jkenb

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 pounds each raisins and currants
• 1 pounds each figs and citron
• 1/2 pound chopped dates
• 1/2 pound each pecans and almond
• 1 wine glass each black molasses, coffee and whiskey
• 2 tablespoon blackberry jam
• 1/2 cup cooked dried apples, sweetened
• 10 eggs
• juice of one orange
• 1 teaspoon allspice

Preparation

Step 1

Beat eggs until very light, cream butter and sugar the add eggs, molasses, coffee, whiskey, flour and spices and mix.

Cut fruits very fine and dredge with flour, 1/2 cup) then add to cake. Add juice of orange, jam, apples and almond and pecans. Stir together and bake at 300 degrees.

If baked in small pans, about on hour or 1 1/2 hour. While hot, pour sweet wine over and let soak in.