Recipe - Christmas Cake

1 One half cup Good butter
1 Three fourths cup Brown sugar
16 Eggs
4 pound Raisins
4 pound Currants
1 pound Mixed peel
cut fine
2 pound Flour
1 pound Almonds,blanched
cut fine
2 Nutmeg,grated
same of mace
One half pt Brandy
1 tablespoon Lemon essence

Directions: Cream butter and sugar well, add the beaten yolks, then the
stiffly beaten egg whites. Put all fruits and nuts together, rub with some
of the 2 pounds of flour. Beat well, then add nuts and brandy. I make just
half of this recipe and I put in a very small teaspoon of soda. Bake
slowly. This is a transcription from my Grandma Dixon's handwritten recipe
book. It dates from the first quarter of this century.

Liz Parkinson

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