Cream butter, add sugar slowly, beating well. Add flavoring and yolks of eggs which have been beaten until pale yellow. Beat three egg whites until light and add alternately a little at a time with the flour which has been sifted with baking powder. Mix well and bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven about one hour. Cover with ornamental frosting, [page 16], made with the two remaining egg whites.
Rich Fruit Cake
2 cups shortening
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
4 cups seeded raisins
4 cups currants
4 cups flour
1 cup shelled almonds
2 tablespoons orange peel
2 tablespoons lemon peel
2 cups sliced citron
1 cup grape juice
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
Cream shortening and sugar together; add beaten egg yolks; add raisins and currants, which have been washed, dried, and over which a cup and a half of the flour has been sifted; blanch almonds and put through food chopper with lemon and orange peel and add; slice citron very fine and add; stir in grape juice and half of stiffly beaten whites of eggs; sift together spices, salt, baking powder and flour and add; mix well and fold in remaining whites; pour into two 12-inch pans which have been lined with four layers of brown paper and bake in moderate oven one hour; then cover with double layer of brown paper; put asbestos plates underneath and continue baking about two hours longer.
Coffee Fruit Cake
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup strong coffee
1/3 cup rich milk or cream
1-3/4 cups flour
3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1/2 lb. raisins
1/8 lb. sliced citron
1/4 lb. figs, cut in strips
Cream shortening; add sugar; add egg yolks, coffee and milk; sift together flour and baking powder and add slowly; add fruit, which has been slightly floured, and fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan from 60 to 90 minutes.
Royal Date Cake
1 cup boiling water
1 lb. stoned and cut dates
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
1 square melted chocolate
1 egg
2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup chopped pecan nuts