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The Cake and Biscuit Book

by Elizabeth Douglas

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*White Fruit Cake

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
¹⁄₂ cup milk
Whites of three eggs
3 tea-spoons baking powder
1 wine-glass brandy
¹⁄₄ lb. chopped citron
¹⁄₂ lb. blanched and chopped almonds
¹⁄₄ lb. grated cocoanut

Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar. Beat well together. Sift the flour and baking powder together. Add the butter and sugar, moistening the mixture with the milk and brandy. Add the cocoanut, almonds and citron. Mix well and stir in the stiffly beaten whites. Bake in a tin lined with greased paper in a moderate oven.

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