Saturday, February 02, 2008

Fruit Cake

This is my great grandmother's recipe for fruit cake. This can't be right.


1 lb sugar (2 c)
1 lb butter
1 lb eggs (9 or 10)
1 lb flour (4 c)
2 lbs sultana raisins
2 lbs dates
2 lbs figs
1 lb candied cherries
1/2 lb citron
1/4 lb candied lemon
1/4 lb candied orange
1 lb almonds or any other nuts
juice and rind of one lemon and one orange


By my estimate that is a 13 pound cake.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

13 pounds, but in what kind of volume? Is this a fruitcake dense enough to hammer nails?