Philathea Cook Book

A church class in Worcester, Massachusetts pooled its recipes in 1922 — and signed every one of them.

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Fruit Cake for Two Loaves

11/2 cups sugar 1 cup molasses 1/2 cup butter little lard if needed 11/2 cups milk pinch of salt 1 tsp. soda dissolved in cold milk 1/2 tsp. Slade's cloves 1/2 tsp. Slade's nutmeg 1/2 tsp. Slade's cinnamon 1/2 tsp. Slade's allspice 1 lb. currants 1 lb. raisins 1/2 lb. citron 1/2 lb. orange peal 2 eggs 2 c. flour or more Mix and bake in slow oven, 11/2 hours.

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