Fruit cake-myrtle

 
                             FRUIT CAKE-MYRTLE
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    4       c            Flour
    1       c            Brown sugar
    1       c            Golden syrup
    4                    Eggs
    1       c            Butter
                         -or drippings
    1       lb           Currants
    1       lb           Sultana raisins
      1/2   lb           Candied orange peel
    4       tb           Nut meats, chopped
    3       ts           Baking powder
      1/4   ts           Salt
      1/2   c            Fruit juice
    1       t            Cinnamon
    1       t            Cloves
    1       t            Allspice
    2       ts           Ginger
      1/2   ts           Nutmeg
 
   Directions: Sift together the flour, salt, spices and baking powder. Cream
   the butter and gradually add the sugar, then add the eggs well beaten. Then
   add the syrup, fruit, nut meats,peel chopped fine, the fruit juice and the
   flour. Mix and turn into a papered cake tin and bake in a slow oven for 3
   hours. This reciped was transcribed from my Grandma Dixon's handwritten
   recipe book used by her during the first quarter of this century.
   
         Liz Parkinson
  
 
 
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