Fruit Cake
2 teaspoons baking powder Few grains salt 2 tablespoons fruit juice 2 tablespoons milk 2 pounds currants 2 pounds raisins, seeded and finely chopped pound date meats, finely chopped pound citron, thinly sliced and cut into short strips Cream the shortening, add sugar gradually and beat for 5 minutes. Beat the egg yolks until light and lemon-colored and the whites until stiff and dry. Add these to the butter and sugar mixture, then add the milk, fruit juice, chopped nuts and fruit that have been rolled in flour. Lastly, add the well-sifted dry ingredients (flour, spices, baking powder and salt), beat the mixture thoroughly and place in deep, round cake pans lined with several thicknesses of oiled paper. Bake 3 to 4 hours in a slow oven. the oven is difficult to regulate, cover the cake with several thicknesses of oiled paper the last hour of the baking.