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Dried Apple Cake (Also Called "Farmer's Fruit Cake")

2 cups dried apples 2 cups molasses 1 cup butter 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs (well beaten) 1 cup sour milk 4 cups Five Roses flour 1 teaspoon cassia 1 teaspoon allspice Nutmeg to taste 2 teaspoons soda Soak apples overnight in water. In the morning, simmer in molasses 1 hour, then add the butter. When cool, add brown sugar, well-beaten eggs, the sour milk, the flour, cassia, allspice and a little nutmeg, also the soda. A tried and true recipe.