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Seed the raisins; slice the citron in thin slices. Beat butter and sugar to a
cream. Beat the eggs together till thick, then add them by degrees; also flour,
brandy, spices, and the fruits last, and 1/2 teacup of golden syrup. Line the
pan, rub with butter, and bake in a moderate oven about 4 hours.
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
Miss Elise White
1 pound sugar,
1 pound flour,
3/4 pound butter,
Whites of 12 eggs,
2 pounds citron,
2 pounds almonds,
1 large cocoanut, grated.
Add 1 tablespoon of soda and 2 of cream of tartar to flour and sift. Cream
butter and sugar, and then add eggs, which have been beaten separately, and add
flour alternately with whites. Beat well; then add lightly one-half of fruit,
and put remainder in layers with the mixture in cake-mould. Bake slowly and
carefully. Have almonds blanched and cut, and citron mixed with flour, cut in
thin strips; cocoanut grated.
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