Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 1/2 c Good butter 2 lb Flour
1 3/4 c Brown sugar 1 lb Almonds,blanched
16 Eggs -cut fine
4 lb Raisins 2 Nutmeg,grated
4 lb Currants -same of mace
1 lb Mixed peel 1/2 pt Brandy
-cut fine 1 tb Lemon essence

Directions: Cream butter and sugar well, add the beaten yolks, then the
stiffly beaten egg whites. Put all fruits and nuts together, rub with some
of the 2 pounds of flour. Beat well, then add nuts and brandy. I make just
half of this recipe and I put in a very small teaspoon of soda. Bake
slowly. This is a transcription from my Grandma Dixon's handwritten recipe
book. It dates from the first quarter of this century.

Liz Parkinson

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