A good fruit cake recipe for those who do not like candied fruit.

1 orange
1 lemon
1 c. raisins
1 c. sugar
1/3 c. butter or shortening
1 egg
2 c. sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. sour or buttermilk
1 c. nuts, chopped (opt.)

Juice of lemon and orange, add sugar and let stand while mixing and baking the cake. Cream the 1/3 cup butter and another cup sugar; add egg and mix thoroughly. Add soda to buttermilk and add alternately to the creamed mixture with the flour. Grind raisins and the rinds of the orange and lemon, add to mixture. Bake at 350 degrees until done. (About 40 to 45 minutes in a 9"x13" pan.) While cake is still warm prick top with fork making small holes all over the cake. Pour juice-sugar mixture over the top slowly allowing it to soak in.

NOTE: Shake juice-sugar mixture up before pouring over cake as sugar settles to the bottom while it stands.