Dark Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter or substitute
1 lb. light brown sugar
9 eggs
1 lb. flour
3/4 tsp. cloves
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
3/4 tsp. mace
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. soda
1/4 cup milk, or juice, grape or orange
2 lbs. raisins
1/2 lb. figs
1 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. candied mixed peel
1 lb. candied pineapple
1 lb. nuts, mixed

Preparation

Cut candied fruits in small pieces. Cream butter and sugar until thoroughly blended. Add well beaten egg yolks to butter and sugar mixture. When well mixed, add the whites which have been well beaten. Sift, one half the flour over the fruit. Mix fruit, nuts,
and
1 c. flour in a separate bowl and set aside. Cover the pans with several thickness of waxed paper so the tops of the cake will be kept dry.