Chocolate Fruitcake

Submitted by Tonkcats

"Chocolate Fruitcake"

 

• Ready In: 15hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Yields: cakes
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 lb mixed candied fruit
• 4 ounces cherries, dried
• 4 ounces pineapple, dried
• 3 cups golden raisins
• 2 cups currants, dried
• 1 cup dates, chopped
• 1 cup Bourbon
• 1 cup molasses
• 3 cups mixed nuts, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 1⁄2 ounces unsweetened chocolate or 1 1/2 ounces Choco-bake, melted

directions

1. In large bowl, combine fruits.
2. Pour bourbon and molasses over all. Cover; let stand overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Add nuts to fruit mixture. Cream butter with sugars.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
5. Add chocolate. Add remaining ingredients to mixture; mix well. Add fruits and nuts.
6. Pour into 2 greased and waxed paper-lined 9 x 5 x 3-inch pans. Bake for 3 hours.

Reviews

[professor.denise]

First thing, butter is missing from ingredient list but in recipe. I had to guess, s I had everythng else all mixed up. This is different from any other fruitcake I have ever made and it tastes good. I can really taste the chocolate and the cinnamon. The reason I wouldn't make it again is because it is so dark, all of the very expensive and pretty fruit and nuts I used are just kind of part of a muddy brown block. I doubled the recipe with no problem and got three big loaf pan sized fruitcakes and 4 small loaves.