MOM'S FRUITCAKE
Steps:
- Sift flour, baking powder, and spices together 3 times. Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, fruits, nuts, honey, molasses, and cider. Add flour in small amounts. Mix well after each addition. [Helen, don't use a mixer! Use your hands or you will ruin your mixer, and it's too hard to use a spoon.] turn into cake pans which have been greased and lined with wax paper. [Grease the paper, too.] (Bake in slow oven 250 degrees. Large loaves - 4 hours. Small loaves - 2-1/2 to 3 hours. Tube pan - 4-1/2 to 5 hours. Test with toothpick before removing from oven. Makes 10 lbs. fruit cake.
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