Family Favourites
with currants, sultanas, seeded raisins, c1950s Melbourne, Published by The
Australian Dried Fruits Association as a service to housewives
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Marshmallow Fruit
Cake
(No cooking)
½ cup sultanas; 1 cup seeded raisins; ½ cup evaporated milk;
3 tblspn orange juice; 16 finely cut marshmallows; 4 dozen Uneeda (I used 1 ½
packets of Milk Arrowroot); ¼ tspn each cinnamon and nutmeg; ¾ cup walnut
pieces; 1/3 cup crystallised pineapple; ½ cup glacé cherries; 2 tblspn grated
orange peel
Into a bowl put evaporated milk, marshmallows and orange
juice. Crush biscuits to fine crumbs and place in bowl with remaining
ingredients, including pineapple and cherries which have been finely chopped.
Add milk mixture to dry ingredients, mix till all crumbs are
moistened, press firmly into tin, decorate with further cherries, raisins and
walnuts and cover tin tightly.
Chill for 2 days in refrigerator before slicing and keep in
a cool place.
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