Plum Cake

Ingredients

650 gr butter
375 gr sugar
12 eggs
240 gr flour
950 gr raisins
325 gr currants
95 gr citron peel
95 gr lemon peel
3 gr cinnamon
2 gr allspice
1 gr mace
1/2 clove
1 nutmeg
60 gr strawberry jam
120 gr almonds
280 gr dates
14 gr baking powder

Instructions

Directions: This is a copy of my grandmother's handwritten recipe, from the first quarter of this century. As with most of her other recipes, there are no directions for either mixing or baking. Liz Parkinson