Martha Washington's Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound butter
• 1 1/2 pounds sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 pint sour cream
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 3/4 pounds flour
• 1/4 teaspoon mace
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• Grated rind of 2 lemons
• 1 pound currants or seedless raisins
• 1/2 pound citron
• 1 pound seeded raisins

Instructions

1. Cream butter, add sugar gradually, then well beaten egg yolks and cream. Mix soda with flour and spices, then combine mixtures. Add lemon juice and rind. Fold in beaten egg whites last with the fruit. Bake in a slow oven for 3 hours at 275 to 300 degrees, having pan covered with oiled paper until last ten minutes of cooking.