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      Title: HOBO BREAD (FRUITCAKE)
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
           Combine:
      2 c  Raisins
      4 ts Baking soda
           Add 2 c. boiling water
           Let stand overnight.
           In morning add:
    1/4 c  Oil
      2    Beaten eggs
    1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      4 c  Flour
      1 ts Vanilla
           Fruit-see directions
 
  Mix well and bake in 2 loaf pans or 3 - 1 lbs. coffee tins, greased and
  floured. Bake at 350 for 1 hr.
      For fruit cake I add: 2 cup chopped maraschino cherries, 2 c. chopped
  dates, 2 cups chopped pecans. This addition to the Hobo Bread will make 4 -
  1 lb. coffee tins.
    Peggy  Butherus--My version of fruitcake. I received the recipe from a
  lady over 25 years ago for Hobo Bread and added my favorie fruit, nuts, etc
  for a fruit cake. Anyone that has told me they hate fruitcake, wants this
  recipe. It's very moist. Enjoy.
 
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