Beat to thoroughly mix and then spread over the cake. Set the cake in a deep aluminum saucepan or stone crock and put in a warm room to ripen, until just before Christmas. Then remove the cake from the crock and wipe with a cloth which has been wrung very dry from hot water, then ice with chocolate icing.
AN INEXPENSIVE FRUIT CAKE
One cup of syrup,
One-half cup of brown sugar,
One-half cup of shortening,
One egg.
Cream well and then add
Three cups of flour,
One-half cup of cocoa,