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Original Fruitcake recipe in Hermion Fisher's handwriting:

 

 

6 eggs
2 scant cups of butter
3 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sour milk
1 cup hickory nuts
5 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 pound seeded raisins
1 pound currants
1/2 pound citron
1 tsp each mace, cloves, allspice and ginger
1 tablespoon cinnamon
pinch of black pepper

No other directions given

 

 

Ye olde fruitcake

 

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