Nova Scotia Black Fruit Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| 4 ounces candied citron, coarsely chopped | ||
| 2 ounces candied lemon peel, coarsely chopped | ||
| 2 ounces candied orange peel, coarsely chopped | ||
| Cherries | 1/2 pound, candied | |
| Candied pineapple | 1 pound, shredded | |
| Golden Raisins | 1 pound | |
| 1/2 pound seeded raisins | ||
| Currants | 4 Ounce | |
| 1/2 cup dark rum, cognac or sherry | ||
| Blanched almonds | 4 Ounce, shredded | |
| 4 ounces walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped | ||
| All purpose flour | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Mace | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Cinnamon | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Baking powder | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Milk | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Almond extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Granulated Sugar | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 cup brown sugar, packed | ||
| Eggs | 5 | |
Directions
1. Mix the fruits. Add rum, cover and let stand overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to slow (275° F.). Grease one 10-inch tube pan or two 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pans. Line with waxed paper and grease the paper.
3. Combine the fruits, the nuts and one-half cup flour.
4. Sift together the remaining flour, mace, cinnamon and baking powder. Mix the milk with the almond extract.
5. Cream the butter until smooth, adding sugars gradually. Add the eggs, mix well and add the milk mixture. Add flour mixture; mix well.
6. Pour the batter over the fruits and nuts and mix thoroughly. Fill the pans and press batter down firmly.
7. Bake tube cake about four hours, loaves about three hours. Let cakes stand thirty minutes. Turn out onto a rack and peel off the paper.
8. Wrap cooled cakes in cheesecloth soaked in rum, cognac or sherry. Place in a crock or deep kettle and cover tightly. As the cloth dries, dribble a little of the same liquor over it. Let ripen one month before frosting with a layer of each of the two frostings. When dry, spread the milk frosting evenly with confectioners' icing
2. Preheat the oven to slow (275° F.). Grease one 10-inch tube pan or two 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pans. Line with waxed paper and grease the paper.
3. Combine the fruits, the nuts and one-half cup flour.
4. Sift together the remaining flour, mace, cinnamon and baking powder. Mix the milk with the almond extract.
5. Cream the butter until smooth, adding sugars gradually. Add the eggs, mix well and add the milk mixture. Add flour mixture; mix well.
6. Pour the batter over the fruits and nuts and mix thoroughly. Fill the pans and press batter down firmly.
7. Bake tube cake about four hours, loaves about three hours. Let cakes stand thirty minutes. Turn out onto a rack and peel off the paper.
8. Wrap cooled cakes in cheesecloth soaked in rum, cognac or sherry. Place in a crock or deep kettle and cover tightly. As the cloth dries, dribble a little of the same liquor over it. Let ripen one month before frosting with a layer of each of the two frostings. When dry, spread the milk frosting evenly with confectioners' icing
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