Title: A Christmas Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 4 Servings

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A pound each of sugar, butter, citron and currants, two pounds of raisins seeded, one and a half pounds flour, two thirds of a cup of currant jelly, twelve eggs, a teaspoonful of soda and one of salt; a dash of cayenne and black pepper and a cupful of molasses. Divide the flour into two parts into one of which put a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a grated nutmeg, a quarter of a teaspoonful of cloves, and two thirds of a teaspoonful of allspice; with the other part mix fruit, cream the butter and sugar, and add the eggs well-beaten. Dissolve the soda in warm water and stir it into the molasses, mix well together and put in pans lined with buttered paper. Bake for two hours in a warm oven.

Entered by Carolyn Shaw 4/96 The Dunkard-Dutch Cookbook @1965 BSN 911-410-10-4

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