Great grandma mike's pork (fruit) cake

 
                   Great Grandma Mike's Pork (Fruit) Cake
 
 Recipe By     : John Burgess
 Serving Size  : 8   Preparation Time :4:00
 Categories    : Holiday                          Pies & Pastry=7F
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    1      LB            salt pork -- ground & rinsed
    1      cup           lard
   12      ounces        molasses -- Light
    1      pound         brown sugar -- light
    2 1/2  cups          water -- hot
    2      teaspoons     baking soda -- heaping
    2      teaspoons     baking powder
    9      cups          flour, all-purpose -- approx
    1      teaspoon      allspice
    3      teaspoons     cinnamon
    2      teaspoons     nutmeg
      1/2  teaspoon      cloves
    2      teaspoons     vanilla
    2      pounds        candied fruit -- mixed
    3      slices        glazed pineapple
    4      ounces        lemon peel
    4      ounces        orange peel
    4      ounces        citron peel
    1      pound         raisins -- golden
    1      pound         raisins, seedless
    1      pound         currants
    2      pounds        candied cherries -- cut in half
    4      ounces        dates -- cut up
    6      each          figs -- cut up
   20      each          maraschino cherries -- cut in half
    1 1/2  pounds        walnuts -- coarsley cut
    1      pound         pecans -- coarsley cut
 
 Makes 4 large loaves or 8 small loaves
 
 Step One..
 
 Cream together well:
 1 lb of fat salt pork ground and rinsed
 1 cup lard
 12 oz bottle of light molassis
 1 lb of light brown sugar
 
 
 Mix:
 2 1/2 cups of hot water
 2 heaping tsp baking soda
 mix with above and cool
 
 
 Step Two:
 
 2 tsp of baking powder
 9 cups of all purpose flour (about)
 1 tsp all spice
 3 tsp cinnamon
 2 tsp nutmeg
 1/2 tsp cloves
 2 tsp vanilla
 
 Sift 9 cups of flour, and add the above ingredience and fold into the salt
 pork mixture after it is cooled.
 
 Step Three:
 
 Slice Candied Fruit into cubes:
 2 lbs of mixed candied fruit & peal
 3 slices of glazed pineapple
 4 oz lemon peel
 4 oz orange peel
 4 oz citron peel
 
 1 lb golden rasins
 1 lb seedless rasins (reg rasins)
 1 lb currents
 Soak rasins and currents in hot water then drain well, and squeeze out
 water in a towel.
 
 Add:
 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
 1 lb pecans cut coarsley
 
 Use 8 small loaf tins bake 325 for about 1 1/2 hours, or 4 large loaves at
 325 for about 3 hours.  Place a small pan of water on the bottom rack of
 the oven while baking.  Press aluminum foil into the bread tins and grease
 the foil well.
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 NOTES : Takes ALOT of work!