Elizabeth's Light Fruit Cake
- 12 lb butter (no substitutes)
- 1 14 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs, large
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 12 cups all purpose flour (save 2 tbsp. for dusting fruit)
- 12 cup milk
- 1 lemon, juice and rind of
- 1 12 cups sultana raisins
- p.s. pineapple juice can be substituted for the lemon
- Sift dry ingredients.
- Cream butter and gradually add sugar.
- It should look like whipped cream when well beaten.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and lemon mixing until well incorporated.
- Dust sultanas with flour and fold in.
- 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan greased and lined with baking paper.
- Oven 300 degrees.
butter, sugar, eggs, baking powder, flour, milk, lemon, raisins, ps
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/elizabeths-light-fruit-cake-436164 (may not work)