A Christmas Cake #Errorund 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. A Christmas Cake printer friendly version located here. (Just the recipe. Nothing else.)
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