My Grandmother’s Irish Fruitcake

Verna Ganley’s Fruitcake

(As she wrote it)

• 1 cup each white and brown sugars
• 3 eggs
• three-quarters stick creamed butter
• 1 cup applesauce
• half cup or so milk or wine
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• half teaspoon nutmeg
• pinch of cloves
• As much flour as you use in a normal cake
• 1 lb. mixed cut fruit
• quarter cup or so diced dates
• 1 cup small raisins
• 1 cup currants
• one-third package crumbled mincemeat

Prepare a stiff dough that holds the fruit together. Bake in slow oven. After cooling, brush with brandy or whiskey. Repeat two-three times a week.

Good luck to you!  (See my story about  trying to make the fruitcake.)