Irish Whiskey Fruitcake
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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1 fruitcake
ingredients
- 473.18 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml ground cloves
- 4.92 ml ground mace
- 4.92 ml ground cinnamon
- 177.44 ml butter, softened (or margarine)
- 177.44 ml brown sugar, firmly packed
- 2 eggs
- 453.59 g can apricot halves, drained and chopped
- 59.14 ml Irish whiskey, plus more
- Irish whiskey, to age and soak
- 473.18 ml seedless raisins
- 226.79 g mixed candied fruit, chopped
- 354.88 ml pecans, chopped
- 226.79 g candied red cherries, halved
- 113.39 g candied green cherries, halved
- cheesecloth
directions
- Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
- Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, mace and cloves.
- Cream butter with brown sugar until fluffy/light in a large bowl. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in apricots and whiskey. Stir in flour mixture until blended, then raisins, mixed fruit, pecans and cherries.
- Spoon into prepared pan. Spread top evenly.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours or till wooden pick comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Loosen cooled cake around the edges with a knife; turn out onto rack.
- Wrap in cheesecloth, pour some Irish Whiskey over it every few days, and let age for two to four weeks. Overwrap the cheesecloth with foil. Keep in the refrigerator.
Reviews
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Well after all these weeks I finally got to eat this! Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are loving it! This is the best fruitcake I have ever eaten. It was worth the wait!!! I made the recipe exactly as written, but I must say I used a lot of Irish Whiskey while waiting. It ended up making 3 loves for me, so coating it every couple of days is where u use a lot of Whiskey. I am one of those wierd people that think fruitcake is good, but everyone I served it too raved also. Thanx I will be making this every year for the holidays.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Debbie R.
United States