Fruit Cake #2

Ingredients

• Two pounds of sugar
• Two pounds of flour
• Two pounds of butter
• Two pounds of dried currants
• Two pounds of raisins
• Two pounds of citron
• One-half spoonful of cloves
• One-half of a nutmeg
• Twelve eggs

Directions

1. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth.
2. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
3. Put the mixture into a baking pan.
4. Bake for five hours.

— Mrs. G. V. Pierce, Biloxi, Mississippi.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Michael Davis
Louisiana Anthology
March 14, 2022