Prepare fruit as directed.
Sift flour with other dry ingredients, except sugar.
Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
Beat eggs and add to the sugar mixture.
Add dry ingredients mixed with fruit, alternating with
fruit juice, beating until smooth after each addition.
Add liquor and mix well.
Line 6 loaf pans with 2-3 thickness of heavy brown paper,
greasing top layer well. Pour batter into pans, making sure
it’s spread evenly into corners.
Bake at 300 degrees for 2 1/2 hours.
Cool in pans, and when cool, turn out and remove paper.
Wrap in cheesecloth which has been dipped in whiskey or
brandy. Wrap in aluminum foil and store in box
or crock with tight cover.
Let stand for a least four weeks. Every seven days, open foil
and add a bit more liquor to individual loaves.
If you add enough, no one will notice that
there aren’t any nuts.
If you add too much, no one will notice anything.
About the Author
Seattle native MARY DAHEIM began telling stories with pictures when she was four. Since she could neither read nor write, and her artistic talent was questionable, her narratives were sometimes hard to follow. By second grade, she had learned how to string together both subjects and predicates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. A former newspaper reporter and public relations consultant, Daheim’s first of seven historical romances was published in 1983. In addition to Avon Books’ Bed-and-Breakfast series featuring Judith McMonigle Flynn, Daheim also pens the Alpine mysteries for Ballantine. She is married to David Daheim, a retired college instructor, and has three daughters—Barbara, Katherine and Magdalen.
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Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries by
Mary Daheim
from Avon Books
FOWL PREY
JUST DESSERTS
HOLY TERRORS
DUNE TO DEATH
BANTAM OF THE OPERA
A FIT OF TEMPERA
MAJOR VICES
MURDER, MY SUITE
AUNTIE MAYHEM
NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE
SEPTEMBER MOURN
WED AND BURIED
LEGS BENEDICT
CREEPS SUZETTE
A STREETCAR NAMED EXPIRE
SUTURE SELF
And in Hardcover
SILVER SCREAM
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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