½ teaspoonful cloves.

Beat these ingredients together and add one pound of stoned raisins, one pound of citron dredged in flour.

If very soft for cake, add a little flour.—Mrs. J. W.

Rich Fruit Cake.

1 quart of sifted flour.

1 pound of fresh butter, cut up in 1 pound powdered sugar.

12 eggs.

3 pounds of bloom raisins.

1½ pound of Zante currants.

¾ pound of sliced citron.