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More Arden H. Duane's Fruit Cake Recipe

Arden H. Duane Worked as a syndicated food writer for the American Negro Press. Duane called "fruitcake the all-star" of any holiday feast. Here’s another one of his cake recipes.

Alabama Dark Fruitcake Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup shortening

4 teaspoons baking soda

3 cups buttermilk

8 cups flour

2 pounds raisins

2 pounds citron

2 cups figs

2 cups dates

2 cups jam any kind

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons allspice

2 teaspoons nutmeg

4 teaspoons cinnamon

2 cups pecans

1 cup walnuts

1 cup almonds

1 cup molasses

Instruction

cream shortening and sugar, add baking soda the buttermilk, use 4 cups flour for the cake and 4 cups with which to dredge the fruit. Combine other ingredients, mix thoroughly and bake in moderate oven 3 to 4 1/2 hours. (Atlanta Daily World December 1, 1936)

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