Dark Fruit Cake Recipe 3 ingredients

• 2 cupfuls butter
• 2 cupfuls sugar
• 12 eggs
• 4 cupfuls flour
• 1 teaspoonful baking-powder
• ½ teaspoonful salt
• 1 pound currants
• 1 pound sliced citron
• 3 pounds seeded raisins
• 1 pound chopped figs
• ½ cupful any kind of wine
• 2 tablespoonfuls strained lemon juice
• 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon
• ½ teaspoonful each cloves and mace

To prepare this Dark Fruit Cake Recipe 3, first 3/4 teaspoonful each allspice and nutmeg.

Sift together flour, salt, baking-powder, and spices. Dredge fruit thoroughly. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten yolks and lemon juice. Alternate flour and wine, add whipped whites, and beat for ten minutes. Stir in prepared fruit. Line loaf pans with 4 thicknesses paper; pour in batter. Bake in slow oven from three to five hours, covering pans with paper until two-thirds baked.