Instructions: Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and spices; sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add fruit, grape juice, and molasses, and mix well. Add flour gradually, beating after each addition until smooth. Turn into tube pan, which has been greased, lined with heavy paper, and again greased. Bake in very slow oven ( 250 F.)

4-1/2 hours, or until done.

Makes 5 1/2 pounds fruit cake.

Kate Smith
collection of 33 butter cakes, and their frostings and fillings from an old pamphlet left by my mother-in-law, Mrs. Mae Keller. Soon I will be working with the balance of the pamphlet. I hope you have all enjoyed these recipes as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you.

Note: I have posted 51
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