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Pound Fruit Cake

The staple every day sort of plum cake. The fruit does not sink to the bottom in this mixture. 14 ounces of sugar. 14 ounces of butter. 11 eggs. 18 ounces of flour. Mix the above the same as pound cake, then add to it: 2 teaspoonfuls of mixed ground spices, cinnamon, mace, and alspice. 1 lemon, grated rind, and juice. 1 pound of raisins. 1 pound of currants. 8 ounces of citron. Half cupful of whisky (optional).

Use seedless raisins. Nothing is good made full of raisin seeds. Mix the fruit together and dust it with flour before stirring it into the batter. The cakes require from 1 to 1 1/2 hours to bake.