Berkshire Fruitcake
- 3 13 cups cake flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon clove
- 12 teaspoon mace
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 eggs, well beaten
- 4 12 cups raisins
- 4 12 cups currants
- 1 cup citron, thinly cut
- 14 cup grape juice
- 34 cup light molasses
- 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.
cake flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, clove, mace, butter, sugar, eggs, raisins, currants, citron, grape juice, light molasses
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/berkshire-fruitcake-4252 (may not work)