Ruby's Boiled Fruitcake
"This is the one "must have" recipe that we request each time we visit our parents. Throughout our life we were raised that this was a war recipe that our Grandma Ruby used to work with the limited rations. Recently, however, our mother has discovered links for the recipe going back to the 1800's."
photo by Rutecki Family
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
directions
- Mix together in cooking pan oleo, cinnamon, cloves, salt, raisins and fruit and nuts. Put all ingredients on stove and let come to boil. Set aside to cool.
- When lukewarm, add flour, soda and lemon extract.
- Bake in 9-inch square pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. No need to frost. Tastes better if allowed to set 24 hours.
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Thirty some years ago, mom published the first Hawman Family Cookbook to give each of her three daughters a way to carry our favorite recipes from childhood off into the next phase of our lives. I still have the original pages, straight from the typewriter, with traces of whited-out type showing through the corrected lines, and with drips and grease stains highlighting my favorite recipes.
With my own daughter now ready to head out on her own, it's time for an updated version complete with her favorites as well. I'm starting this project in January 2010, with a goal of completing the "new expanded edition" in time for Christmas presents in December. I'll be using Recipezaar to collect the recipes, but my hope is to publish my final book complete with the stories and pictures evoked by this memory book of family food. For that, I'm looking forward to countless conversations with my 81-year-old mother, sisters, and children as well as others in my extended family. Let the fun begin!
Noelle
