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Great Pork (Fruit) Cake

A home-style Great Grandma Mike's Pork (Fruit) Cake made with Salt Pork, Lard, Molasses, Brown Sugar, and Water. Serves 8. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1 lb
• 1 cup
• 12 oz
• 1 lb
• 2 1/2 cup
• 2 tsp
• 2 tsp
• 9 cup
• 1 tsp
• 3 tsp
• 2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 2 tsp
• 2 lb
• 3 slice
• 4 oz
• 4 oz
• 4 oz
• 1 lb
• 1 lb
• 1 lb
• 2 lb
• 4 oz
• 6
• 20
• 1 1/2 lb
• 1 lb

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Step One..

2. 2

   Mix

3. 3

   2 1/2 cups of hot water 2 heaping tsp baking soda mix with above and cool

4. 4

   Sift 9 cups of flour, and add the above ingredience and fold into the salt pork mixture after it is cooled.

5. 5

   Soak rasins and currents in hot water then drain well, and squeeze out water in a towel.

6. 6

   Add

7. 7

   1/2 lb of glazed cherries cut in half 4oz pk of dates cut up 6 figs cut up 20 maraschino cherries cut in half 1 1/2 lbs of walnuts cut corsely

8. 8

   1 lb pecans cut coarsley

9. 9

   Use 8 small loaf tins bake 325 for about 1 1/2 hours, or 4 large loaves at 325 for about 3 hours.

10. 10

    Place a small pan of water on the bottom rack of the oven while baking.

11. 11

    Press aluminum foil into the bread tins and grease the foil well.

12. 12

    NOTES: Takes ALOT of work!