DRIED APPLE FRUIT CAKE.

• 3 Cupfuls of dried apples
• 3 cups of molasses
• 3 cupfuls of flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 cupful of butter
• 1 teaspoonful soda
• 1 cupful of seedless raisins - optional
• Add spices if necessary

Soak dried apples over night in cold water enough to swell them; chop them in the morning and put them on the fire with three cups of molasses; stew until almost soft; add a cupful of nice seedless raisins (if possible) and stew a few moments; when cold, add three cupfuls of flour, one cupful of butter, three eggs and a teaspoonful of soda; bake in a steady oven. This will make two good-sized panfuls of splendid cake; the apples will cook like citron and taste deliciously. Raisins may be omitted; also spices to taste may be added.