Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Old Fashioned Christmas Cake

Category: Holiday Christmas

Ingredients and Directions

2 cups of flour

1 cup of light brown sugar

1 cup of raisins

1 sm. box of glace cherries

2 tablespoons of crystallized ginger, chopped

1/2 cup of walnuts, chopped

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

2/3 cup of butter

4 eggs

1 cup of currants

1 sm. box of glace peel

1 teaspoon of allspice

1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves

Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs. Fold in half of flour mixed with spices. Dust fruits and nuts with a little flour and mix in. Fold in remainder of flour. The batter will be stiff. Grease and flour a 10-inch loaf pan or a round baking pan 3 inches deep. Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Test for doneness with a fine skewer. If it shows any batter, bake for up to 30 minutes more. If top is too dark before cake is ready, cover lightly with foil.