Holiday Cakes and Puddings - 1927

Holiday Cakes and Puddings

PLUM PUDDING
One cup brown sugar, 1 cup dark corn syrup, I cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 cup bread crumbs, 5 eggs, 2 teaspoons soda. 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup puffed raisins, 1 cup nuts, 1 cup figs.
Chop figs, raisins and nuts. and mix all together. Grease and flour mold before turning in the mixture, steam one hour

SUET PLUM PUDDING
One cup suet chopped fine, 1 cup dark corn syrup, 1 cup nectar raisins, 3 cups flour, 1 cup sour milk, 2.teaspoons soda, 1/2 tea-spoon salt, Spice if you wish. (I use one tablespoon cinnamon.) Mix and steam three hours.

PUDDING SAUCE
One cup sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 3 cups boiling water, flavoring. Pour the boiling.water over the mixed sugar and flour and boil a few minutes and add butter. Flavor to taste. Nutmeg, vanilla, lemon or orange rind May be used.

OLD TIME FRUIT CAKE
One cup lard, 1/2 cup butter, 4 cups brown sugar, 5 eggs, 1 cup
molasses, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 cups coffee, 1 lb. dates, 1 lb. figs, 1 lb. citron peel, 4 stewed apples, 1 teaspoon each of all kinds of spices, 2 cups coffee, 3 cups cups cold water, 1 lb. raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. nut meats, flour to make the mixture quite stiff. Bake slowly for two hours.

APPLE SAUCE FRUIT CAKE
One-half cupful butter, 1 1/2 cupsfuls brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 1/2 to 2 cupfuls flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1/2 teaspoonful soda, I cupful unsweetened apple sauce, 1/4 teaspoonful salt, 1/2 teaspoonful clove, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1 cupful raisins, 3/4 cupful chopped dates, 1/2 cupful nutmeats, 1 cupful shredded citron, orange and lemon peel.

Cream butter and sugar slowly together and add the egg well beaten. Sift one cupful flour, and baking powder, soda, salt and spices together, and add to the egg mixture. Add apple sauce and beat well. If the apple sauce thins the mixture, add the remaining half cupful flour. Add floured fruit and mix thoroughly. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake in a moderate oven 40 to 50 minutes. This cake may be frosted, if desired.