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Ingredients

1,800 ml cream cheese
650 gr butter
375 gr vanilla castor sugar
6 eggs
325 gr stoned raisins
1/4 sultanas
65 gr cherries

Instructions

blanched almonds angelica (????) Pass the cream cheese and butter together through a sieve it must be absolutely smooth and well blended. Put the vanilla sugar into a bowl. Separate the eggs and add the egg yolks to the sugar, beat until white. Stir in the raisins, sultanas and cherries. Add this to the cheese mixture, mixing all thoroughly together. Beat the egg whites to a stiff snow and fold into the mixture. Put inot a muslin bag, or if possible,a wicker cheese basket lined with butter muslin or a similar receptacle which will allow any surplus moisture to drain off. Put in a cold place for 24 hours. Unmould and decorate with almonds or angelica. Cherries may also be used. Makes dozen helpings. (this is best when made in a large quantity.) Origin: Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book Shared by: Sharon Stevens