Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 citron
- 650 gr seeded raisins
- 550 gr well apple (thick drained)
- 500 gr flour (white)
- 450 gr brown sugar
- 160 ml molasses
- 190 gr shortening
- 140 gr nuts
- 130 gr wheat flour (whole)
- 90 ml lemon juice
- 18 gr baking soda
- 8 gr cinnamon
- 5 gr nutmeg
- 5 gr salt
- 2 gr allspice
- 2 gr mace
Cream sugar and shortening. Add apple sauce, which has been sieved to remove all lumps, molasses, eggs, and lemon juice. Sift white flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, salt, and spices. Dredge raisins in whole wheat flour. Add white flour mixture to batter gradually. Beat thoroughly. Add dredged raisins. Put a layer of the batter into a paper-lined baking pan. Add a layer of citron and nuts, cover with a layer of the batter. Repeat, having the top layer of the batter. Bake in a slow oven (300 to 160ºC ) about 2 hours. Mrs. S.F. Caruso, Laurel, MT.
