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Soak raisins and currants in 1 cup wine overnight.
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Remove starter from refrigerator and set, tightly covered, in warm place overnight.
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It should be in at least a two cup container as it will just about double its volume overnight.
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In the morning, cream butter with sugar and beat in eggs and lemon rind.
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Drain wine from raisins into creamed mixture.
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Stir in starter and 3 cups of the flour sifted with the soda, salt and spices.
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Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of flour over the fruit and nuts in a large bowl.
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Toss and shake until well-coated.
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Add to batter and mix thoroughly.
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Turn into loaf pans which have been generously buttered.
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Let stand in warm place for 30 minutes.
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Bake in oven preheated to 300 with a pan of water on floor of oven and rack as near as possible in middle of oven.
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Bake about 2 1/2 hours for medium-sized loaves watching carefully to see that they do notbrown too quickly.
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Test with toothpick.
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Remove from oven, turn pans on sides and allow to set for a few minutes before taking from pans.
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When cold drip 2 tablespoon of wine over each cake.
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As soon as it is absorbed, wrap tightly in cellophane freezer paper and store in refrigerator or freezer.
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They improve with age.
