Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1905 — Christimas Cake. [ARTICLE]

Christimas Cake.

Sift ten ounces, of flour into a basin; weigh one-half pound of powdered sugar, two ounces of candied citron, onefourth pound of raisins and one-half pound of butter. You need, besides these, four eggs and a lemon. Beat the butter (washed and squeezed dry) to a cream with your hand; add to it a tablespoonful of flour, one of sugar and oue egg; mix thoroughly and then go on in the same way,, using the materials gradually until they are all in; grate the lemon and add the fruit, warmed and floured; line a tin with buttered paper, using two thicknesses at the bottom; bake in a moderate oven two hours.