Jeanie’s Fruit Cake
6 eggs.
1 cup of butter.
2½ cups of powdered sugar.
5 cups of flour.
2 cups of sour cream.
½ pound raisins, seeded and chopped.
¼ pound citron, shred finely.
1 heaping teaspoonful of soda.
1 teaspoonful mixed nutmeg and cinnamon.
Cream butter and sugar, beat in the yolks; the cream and spices, whip together for a minute, stir in the flour and whites, the soda, dissolved in hot water, and, very quickly, the fruit dredged with flour. Stir up hard and bake immediately.
This will make two good-sized loaves.