Splendid Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• One pound of washed and creamed butter
• One and one fourth pounds of white sifted sugar
• Twelve eggs
• One and one quarter pound of flour
• One pound of currants
• Two pounds of large raisins
• One pound of citron
• One whole nutmeg
• One glass of wine
• One glass of brandy

Directions

1. Wash and cream the butter.
2. Beat the egg white of 12 eggs to a stiff froth and mix with the creamed butter.
3. Carefully stir in the pound of sifted flour.
4. The day before, wash and dry the currants.
5. Pick and seed the raisins.
6. Slice the citrons.
7. Pour all the fruit into a large pan, and dredge well with a quarter pound of sifted flour.
8. Stir all well into the butter.
9. Add one grated nutmeg, a glass of wine, and a glass of brandy.
10. Bake carefully in a large cake pan for four hours

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Catherine Weldon
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2023