Old Fashioned Fruit Cake #4

Directions

1. 1

   3/4 c Butter 1 c Sugar 1/2 c Molasses 1/2 c Grape juice 3/4 c Sour milk 1 c Blackberry jam 1 c Watermelon rind preserves 1 c Fig preserves 3

2. 2

   chopped 2 ts Soda 8 Eggs 2 sm Raw apples

3. 3

   chopped 1/2 ts Salt (opt.) 1 Raisins 1/2 lb Candied pineapple 1 lb Candied cherries 4 ts Cocoa 1/2 cup of each)

4. 4

   Mix the above, cook in a greased iron skillet with wax paper lining, cook on 300 degrees

5. 5

   This cake freezes well

6. 6

   My mother made 3 of the above cakes shortly before Thanksgiving, one was cut for Thanksgiving, one for Christmas and one for New Year's

7. 7

   They were placed in a cupboard on the back porch

8. 8

   As we brought in the wood for the night it was stocked on the porch near this old cupboard