Fruit Cake
Mary Birt
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Molasses
1 Cup Milk
1/2 Cup Citron
1 Cup Raisins
1 Egg
1 TSP Soda
2 TSP Mixed Spice*
3 Cup Flour
 
Cream the butter and sugar.
Add eggs, beaten well, then molasses with soda stirred in.
Add milk and spices,
measure flour and take 1/2 cup to mix with raisins to keep from
sinking stir them in and add rest of flour and beat well. 

Then add the following

 
1/2 TSP Cloves- ground
1/2 TSP Cinnamon
2/3 Cup Walnuts - pieces, use larger pieces as topping

Cook in a loaf pan for one hour at 350.

 
* Mixed spice is a blend of 1/2  nutmeg, 1 cinnamon, and 1/2 clove
     also called all spice in some recipes, but not the allspice whole/ground.