{"id":7509,"slug":"fruit-cake-wedding-cake","title":"FRUIT CAKE (WEDDING CAKE)","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["one pound of butter","one pound of sugar","yolks of twelve eggs","one tablespoon of cinnamon","one teaspoon of allspice","one-half teaspoon of mace","one-half teaspoon of cloves","one-fourth of a pound of almonds pounded","two pounds of raisins (seeded and chopped)","three pounds of currants (carefully cleaned)","one pound of citron (shredded very fine)","one-quarter of a pound of orange peel (chopped very fine)","one pint of brandy","stiffly-beaten whites"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","sugar","egg yolk","cinnamon","allspice","mace","clove","fourth of pound of almonds pounded","raisin","currant","citron","orange peel","brandy","stiffly beaten white"],"steps":["Take one pound of butter and one pound of sugar rubbed to a cream.","Add yolks of twelve eggs, one tablespoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of allspice, one-half teaspoon of mace, one-half teaspoon of cloves, one-fourth of a pound of almonds pounded.","Soak all this prepared fruit in one pint of brandy overnight.","Add all to the dough and put in the stiffly-beaten whites last.","Bake in a very slow oven for several hours, in cake pans lined with buttered paper.","When cold wrap in cloths dipped in brandy and put in earthen jars.","If baked in gas oven have light very low. Keep oven the same temperature for four or five hours."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w72:11","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"87afb8e4632fce7e87fccb4958dc5cc9b69ad146931bc67a1af5383090d8c01e","created_at":"2026-08-02T17:02:34Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fruit-cake-wedding-cake"}