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JOSEPHINE NICHOLSON’S FRUITCAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs - well beaten
4 cups plain flour (save 1 cup for fruit)
Water glass of whiskey
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
1 heaping teaspoon allspice
1 heaping teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups candied pineapple
2 cups candied cherries
1 box dates
optional citron and orange peel
Pecans - as many as you can afford
Directions:
Directions:
There were no directions for mixing this—only the list of ingredients.
Look under directions for white fruit cake to get a general idea of how to prepare this cake.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Josephine Nicholson always had a Christmas party at her home in Byram. Mama and Daddy always went. She always served this cake at that party.

 

 

 

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