1889 Chicago'S World'S Fair, Hazel Dubberly'S Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
4 whole eggs
4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. raisins
4 c. chopped nuts
1 large pkg. dates
1 (No. 303) can pitted cherries
2 (1 lb.) pkg. figs
2 c. strawberry or blackberry jam

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add eggs; beat well.
Sift flour and spices together; add alternately with buttermilk to the butter, sugar and eggs.
Add jam.
(All of this can be mixed with an electric mixer.)
Chop dates, figs and cherries; add to mixture, along with the chopped nuts.
(This makes the mixture too heavy to use the electric mixer.)
Bake in layers in a 350\u00b0 oven until done.
Remove from pans immediately.
Fill with Fruit Cake Filling.
This makes 2 cakes, one with four 9-inch layers and one with four 8-inch layers.