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Christmas Cake
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Servings: 1
Categories:
Cakes
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Christmas
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1 1/2
cups
Good butter 1 3/4
cups
Brown sugar 16
Eggs 4
pounds
Raisins 4
pounds
Currants 1
pound
Mixed peel,
cut fine
2
pounds
Flour 1
pound
Almonds,
blanched
fine 2
Nutmeg,
grated
of
mace 1/2
pint
Brandy 1
tablespoon
Lemon essence
Directions:
Directions: Cream butter and sugar well, add the beaten yolks, then the stiffly beaten egg whites. Put all fruits and nuts together, rub with some of the 2 pounds of flour. Beat well, then add nuts and brandy. I make just half of this recipe and I put in a very small teaspoon of soda. Bake slowly. This is a transcription from my Grandma Dixon's handwritten recipe book. It dates from the first quarter of this century.
Liz Parkinson
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