Gertrude's Black Fruit Cake
A vintage handwritten recipe card for a Black Fruit Cake made with dark brown sugar, butter, eggs, flour, raisins, currants, mixed citron and peels, English walnuts, figs, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, brandy, and baking powder.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound dark brown sugar
- 1 pound butter
- 10 eggs
- 1 pound flour 3 1/2 cups
- 3 packages raisins
- 1 carton mixed citron and peels, etc.
- 1 pound English walnuts 3 cups
- 1 package figs cut small
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 pint cooking brandy
- 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder
Method
- Take 1/2 flour; mix fruits and nuts.
- Cream brown sugar and butter; then add rest of flour.
- Add 1 egg at a time, mixing after each one. (All mixing absolutely by hand.)
- Add fruit and nuts to first mixture, spices, baking powder, and brandy, mix well.
- Line 3 bread tins or 6 coffee cans with layers of buttered brown paper.
- Bake 1 – 1 1/2 hours at 300-degrees.
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Large Mixing Bowl
Retro Mixing Bowls
Bread Pan