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Mom's Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups water
1 pkg. seeded raisins
⅔ cup Crisco
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
4 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
Directions:
Put first 8 ingredients in saucepan and boil 3 minutes. Set aside to cool. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake in round angel food cake pan for 1 hour in a 350º pre-heated oven.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I think Grandma Gordon used to make these in coffee cans.

 

 

 

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