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Fruit Loaf

Mrs. H. Baird.

One pint of bread sponge, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, one of butter, half cup of sweet milk. one cup of raisins, one of currants, a little lemon and citron peel, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cloves, one of allspice, two or three eggs. Beat eggs, butter, and sugar, add all together with flour enough to stiffen as an ordinary fruit cake.

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