Fruit Cake, Anniversary Cake, Wedding Cake.
- Ready In:
- 360hrs
- Ingredients:
- 32
- Yields:
-
15 fruitcakes
- Serves:
- 40
ingredients
- 453.59 g raisins (seeded)
- 453.59 g raisins (sultana)
- 453.59 g currants
- 113.39 g pineapple (green candied)
- 113.39 g pineapple (red candied)
- 453.59 g cherries (red & green)
- 226.79 g candied citron peel
- 56.69 g lemons (candied)
- 56.69 g oranges (candied)
- 113.39 g mixed candied fruit peel
- 340.19 g dates
- 453.59 g fig
- 236.59 ml molasses
- 236.59 ml brandy
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Dry Ingredients
- 236.59 ml almonds (blanched)
- 236.59 ml pecans
- 709.77 ml butter
- 473.18 ml brown sugar
- 473.18 ml white sugar
- 9.85 ml vanilla
- 4.92 ml almond flavoring
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Sift together
- 2129.31 ml flour
- 9.85 ml salt
- 14.78 ml baking powder
- 19.71 ml nutmeg
- 4.92 ml allspice
- 4.92 ml ginger
- 4.92 ml clove
- 4.92 ml mace
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Wet Ingredigents
- 8 eggs (beaten into mixture one at a time)
- 236.59 ml currant jelly
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Add at the very end of mixing
- 473.18 ml milk
directions
- Soak fruit with Brandy or Liquor of choice for a minimum of 1 week 2 weeks is better and 3 months is excellent.
- Dust fruit with small portion of flour cream butter, sugar, eggs, jelly and vanilla.
- Add the combined fruit and nuts. The fruit and nuts can be left whole or chopped that is a personal preference Lorane does not chop.
- Mix thoroughly with hands.
- Press down well into greased & lined tins 3/4 full.
- Bake at 225 - 275 depending on your oven if your oven is hot use 225 increase if your oven runs cool until done.
- When storing pour liquor or Brandy over cake my friend uses Tia Maria. I use Brandy or Rum.
- Also you can wrap the fruit cakes with cheesecloth just remove the cloth when add the Brandy or liquor. Just wrap again after adding the liquor.
- Wrap well and store in a closed container.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
oilpatchjo
Canada
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