Ginger Fruit Cake
380. Three-quarters of a pound of sugar,
Three-quarters of a pound of butter,
Two pounds of flour,
Six eggs,
One quart of molasses,
One pound of raisins,
Half a pound of currants,
Two table spoonsful of ginger,
One table spoonful of salæratus,
Two table spoonsful of cinnamon.
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Add to this the eggs well beaten, then the ginger and cinnamon, and molasses and flour. Stir all very hard. Flour the fruit and stir in last, with the salæratus.
Line your pan with several thicknesses of buttered paper, pour in the mixture, and bake in a slow oven.