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Chocolate Fruit Cake

A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.

Cake

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains alcohol

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
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  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup Breakfast Cocoa
  • Yolks 3 eggs
  • ½ cup cold water
  • 1¼ cups bread flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup candied cherries
  • ⅓ cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces
  • 1½ tablespoons brandy
  • ⅓ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces
  • Whites 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ⅓ cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

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

Steps

  1. Cover the candied cherries and raisins with the brandy and let stand several hours.
  2. Mix the ingredients in the order given.
  3. Pour the batter into a deep cake pan and bake for fifty minutes.
  4. Cover the cake with White Mountain Cream.
  5. As soon as the frosting is set, spread melted chocolate over it as thinly as possible.

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

Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories492
Protein6.5 g
Fat18.4 g
Carbs78.1 g
Fiber3.2 g
Sodium416 mg

Source

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