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Fruit Cake

1/2 lbs. (3 cups) sugar I 6 eggs I pint (2 cups) sour cream I teaspoonful soda 134 lbs. (7 cups) flour I grated nutmeg 1½ teaspoonful powdered mace I lb. currants I lb. Sultana raisins 1½ lb. chopped citron peel I lemon I teaspoonful rose extract 1/4 teaspoonful salt Cream the butter and sugar together, add gradually the yolks of the eggs well beaten, the soda mixed with the cream, flour, salt, spices, grated rind and strained lemon juice, the chopped citron peel, currants, rose extract, raisins, and the whites of eggs beaten stiffly. Mix carefully, turn into a large buttered casserole, and bake for two and a half hours in a steady oven.