Hard Times Fruitcake from The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets by William

Hard Times Fruitcake from The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets by William

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In company with Poor Man’s Pound Cake and Hard Times Molasses Cake, this emergency recipe gained widespread circulation in the North following the Civil War—emergency in that it makes do with...

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups chopped dried apples
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 12 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2¼ cups molasses
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice

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