The Blue Grass Cook Book

page 245

  1 tablespoon cloves,

  2 tablespoons cinnamon,

  1 tablespoon mace,

  1 tablespoon allspice,

  1/4 pound figs, chopped fine,

  1/2 cup of nuts,

  1 small cup vinegar,

  1 teaspoon soda,

  1/2 pound candied orange.

Put the flour in a bread-pan and brown to a dark color. Do not burn it. Beat the
eggs separately, then together. Cut the citron in very thin slices and dredge
with flour. Dredge the fruits with flour and chop the figs and crush the nuts.
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, and add eggs alternately with the flour.
Add molasses, jam, brandy, and spices, and then the nuts. Stir the fruits in
lightly, and just before putting in the pan, add the vinegar, in which the
teaspoon soda is stirred, and pour foaming into the mixture. Put in a layer of
the mixture, then sprinkle the citron over it, then another layer, and so on,
but do not put any on top. Bake slowly for 4 hours or longer. When cold, cover
with icing flavored with a little citric acid.

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