Southern Fruit Cake
| 1 cupful sugar | 3 eggs |
| 1 cupful Crisco | 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon |
| 1 cupful molasses | 1 cupful seeded raisins |
| 1/2 cupful sour cream | 1/2 cupful currants |
| 3 cupfuls flour | 1/4 teaspoonful grated nutmeg |
| 1 teaspoonful salt | 1/2 teaspoonful powdered cloves |
| 1/2 teaspoonful baking soda | 1/2 teaspoonful powdered allspice |
Cream Crisco and sugar thoroughly together, then add molasses, cream, flour, soda, eggs well beaten, salt, spices, and fruit. Mix well and turn into Criscoed and papered cake tin and bake in slow oven one and a half hours.
Sufficient for one large cake.