Wartime Fruit Cake
1 cup honey or corn syrup
1 tablespoon fat
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dates, figs, prunes or raisins
¾ teaspoon soda
⅔ cup milk
Cream fat, honey and egg. Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with milk. Bake in loaf 45 minutes in moderate oven.