Fruit Cake. Mrs. John Evans
Two cups butter, two and one-half cups sugar, two and one-half cups molasses, eight cups flour, two cups sour milk, eight eggs, two teaspoonfuls soda, three pounds raisins, three pounds currants, one pound citron, one pound figs, two lemons (grate the rind and squeeze the juice), two glasses of jelly, cloves, mace, cinnamon, and nutmegs. Mix flour and fruit alternately. Bake three and one-half hours.