French Loaf Cake
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 3 cups butter
- 2 cups milk
- 6 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
- 10 cups flour, sifted
- 4 Tbsp brandy
- 4 Tbsp wine
- 3 nutmegs, grated
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 lb raisins, seeded
- 1/4 lb citron, cut in strips
Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, a little of the flour, wine, brandy, grated nutmeg, then the rest of the flour, leaving out a little to dust through the fruit. Add the milk with the baking soda dissolved in it and lastly, the seeded raisins and citron.
Divide into 4 pans and bake for about an hour. Use round bread pans.
Divide into 4 pans and bake for about an hour. Use round bread pans.
Submitted by Jul 4, 2010
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