Family Cake

Ingredients:

500 g flour
500 g sugar
250 g butter
125 g lard
6 teaspoons of sugar cane molasses
Ground cinnamon, to taste
Nutmeg, to taste
Lemon zest
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1/2 L milk
1 wine glass of Sweet Madeira wine
6 eggs
Dried fruit (raisins, nuts, etc.)

Preparation:

Mix well all the ingredients. Pour in a greased pan and bake in a very hot oven.

Secret: the drier the fruit, the longer the cake lasts, up to 5 days. This cake is initially beaten vigorously by hand.