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Show ' Yummy! Fruit Cake if ' Christmas teemi long way off, but to the osperienced maker of fruit cakes, the longer fruit cake mallow th better it will bo at - " Christmas. Special raeipo for thi$ cab calls for topping of foodies! food-ies! raisint, broken walnut moats, candied cherries, butter and light corn syrup. Like a Good Friend, Fruit Cake Improves With Age By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX Christmas fruit cake Improve with time. Cook In the know a ways do their fruit cake baking as far ahead of the 25th of December Decem-ber as possible. For those advanced cooks, thi exclusive recipe stir to mix. Pour Into 2 greased 1H quart casseroles. Spread top with blended topping ingredient. ' Cover and bake in a alow oven . (250 to 260 degrees F.) about 3'4 hours. Test with pick or cak tester before removing from oven. 1 printed now. ' GIFT TROT CAKE EN CASSEROLE (Baked weight, about 2V4 lb.) One cup seedless raisins, 1 cup uncooked prunes, 1 cup uncooked dried figs, cup cut citron, hi cup cut preserved orange peel, 1 cup halved candled cherries, 1 cup broken walnut meat, cup thick Jelly, 14 cup orange Juice, 1 teaspoon allspice, 2, teaspoons cinnamon, cin-namon, 1 teaspoon mace, 114 cups butter, 4 cup brown sugar, cup white sugar, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 3W cups sifted all-purpose all-purpose flour, V teaspoon soda, 4 teaspoon salt., TOPPING One cup seedless raisins, 4 cup broken walnut meats, V cup halved candied cherries, 2 tablespoons table-spoons butter, 1-3 cup light corn ayrup. Rinse raisins, drain and dry on a towel. Pour boiling water over prunes and figs and let stand for 10 minutes; drain and dry on a towel. Cut prunes from pits In thin slices; clip stems from figs and cut figs Into thin strips. Rinse orange peel, citron and cherries and dry on a towel before cutting. Combine fruits, peel, citron, nuts. Jelly, orange Juice and spices, and stir to blend: cover and let stand overnight. Cream butter, add sugars su-gars and cream thoroughly. Add beaten eggs and flavoring and stir to blend. Add half of flour sifted with soda and salt, and mix. Add fruit mixture and stir until well blended. Add remaining flour and |