Chocolate Fruit Cake

Name: Chocolate Fruit Cake
Ingredients: ⅓ cup butter; 1 cup sugar; ¼ cup Breakfast Cocoa; Yolks 3 eggs; ½ cup cold water; 1¼ cups bread flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅓ cup candied cherries; ⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces; 1½ tablespoons brandy; ⅓ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces; Whites 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Ingredients

⅓ cup butter
1 cup sugar
¼ cup Breakfast Cocoa
Yolks 3 eggs
½ cup cold water
1¼ cups bread flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup candied cherries
⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
1½ tablespoons brandy
⅓ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
Whites 3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps

Cover fruit with brandy and let stand several hours. Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in deep cake pan fifty minutes. Cover with White Mountain Cream, and as soon as frosting is set, spread as thinly as possible with melted chocolate.

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.