Berkshire Fruit Cake Recipe
Yield: 1 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
3 1/3 cup: Cake Flour, sifted
1 t: Baking Powder,
1 t: Salt,
1 t: Cinnamon,
1/2 t: Cloves,
1/2 t: Mace,
1 cup: Butter, or shortening
1 cup: Sugar,
6 each: Eggs, well beaten
4 1/2 cup: Raisins,
4 1/2 cup: Currants,
1 cup: Citron, thinly cut
1/4 cup: Grape juice,
3/4 cup: Light molasses,
Directions:
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and spices; sift
together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually,
and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.
Add fruit, grape juice, and molasses, and mix well. Add flour
gradually, beating after each addition until smooth. Turn into tube
pan, which has been greased, lined with heavy paper, and again
greased. Bake in very slow oven ( 250 F.) 4-1/2 hours, or until done.
Makes 5 1/2 pounds fruit cake.
Source from luhu.jp
together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually,
and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.
Add fruit, grape juice, and molasses, and mix well. Add flour
gradually, beating after each addition until smooth. Turn into tube
pan, which has been greased, lined with heavy paper, and again
greased. Bake in very slow oven ( 250 F.) 4-1/2 hours, or until done.
Makes 5 1/2 pounds fruit cake.
Source from luhu.jp