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                              LIGHT FRUIT CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 10   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes                            Holiday
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      1/2   lb           Glace pineapple
    2       lb           Sultanas
    1       lb           Glace cherries (red & green)
    1       lb           Almonds
    5       c            Flour
    1       t            Baking powder
    1       lb           Butter
    2       c            Sugar (1 lb)
      1/2   ts           Nutmeg
   10                    Eggs
    1                    Lemon, juice & rind
    1                    Orange,juice & rind
    1       t            Rose ext
    1       t            Almond ext
 
   1.  Clean sultanas, slice pineapple thinly, halve cherries. 2. Mix and sift
   flour, baking powder and spice and add half to prepared
       fruit. 3. In a large bowl, cream butter and gradually beat in sugar. 4.
   Add well beaten eggs and beat well. 5. Fold other half of flour mixture
   into creamed mixture alternately with
       juices and beat well. 6. Add fruit to to creamed mixture. Combine
   mixture til thoroughly
       blended.  Split almonds and add to mixture, saving some whole for top.
       Add flavourings. 7. Pour mixture into cake pans which have been lined
   with 3 thicknesses
       of newspaper, with top layer of greased wax paper. 8. Bake cake at 275
   F. for approximately 3 hours or til firm and until
       cake mixture is firm when pressed. 9. Cool on cake rack until
   thoroughly cold.  Wrap in foil and store in
       cake tins. Makes 2 large or 1 large and 2 loaf tins.
  
 
 
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