4 fruit excellence Recipes

white house cookbook (fruit cake circa 1887), url : http://www.vintagerecipes.net/books/whitehouse/fruit_cake_by_measure_excellen.php, fruit cake by measure (excellent), scant teacupfuls of butter, cupfuls of dark brown sugar, eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, raisins, seeded, currants, washed and dried, citron cut in thin strips, cupful of cooking molasses, cupful of sour milk, a grated nutmeg, tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, teaspoonful of cloves, teaspoonful of mace, wine-glass of brandy, flour, level teaspoonful of soda, instructions, stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add to that nutmeg, ground cinnamon, cloves, mace, the molasses and sour milk. stir all well, then put in the beaten yolks of eggs , brandy; stir again all thoroughly, then add four cupfuls of sifted flour alternately with the beaten whites of eggs., now dissolve soda and stir in thoroughly., mix the fruit together and stir into it two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour; then stir it in the cake., butter two common-sized baking tins carefully , line them with letter paper well buttered, and bake in a moderate oven two hours., after it is baked , let it cool in the pan. afterward put it into a tight can, or let it remain in the pans and cover tightly. best recipe of all.

brown sugar, currants, sultana, raisins, you could use mixed fruit to replace the individual fruit, mixed peel (either orange or lemon. ), butter, bicarbonate of soda, cold water or 1 cup sherry wine, eggs, self raising flour, plain flour

dark rum, brandy, honey, orange zest, sliced peaches (or 4 fresh,sliced ), vanilla ice cream, softened, cream