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Dark Fruit Cake

A dish made with butter and brown sugar.

Cake

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • ½ cup butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • ¾ cup currants
  • ½ cup citron, thinly sliced and cut in strips
  • ½ cup molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ½ teaspoon mace
  • ¼ teaspoon clove
  • ½ teaspoon lemon extract
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ½ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • ½ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cream the butter and brown sugar together until well mixed.
  2. Beat in the eggs and molasses.
  3. Combine the flour, soda, cinnamon, allspice, mace, and clove.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternately with the milk.
  5. Stir in the raisins, currants, citron, and lemon extract.
  6. Pour the batter into deep cake pans.
  7. Bake for 1¼ hours.

Steps last refined 2026-11-12 — we sharpen our recipes every week, so check back.

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories469
Protein6.3 g
Fat13.7 g
Carbs83.7 g
Fiber2.7 g
Sodium51 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States