Grandma's Prized Blue Ribbon Fruit Cake
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Yields:
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2 cakes
ingredients
- 12 ounces mixed peel
- 16 ounces glace cherries
- 8 ounces walnuts, chopped
- 8 ounces almonds, chopped
- 16 ounces pitted dates
- 8 ounces crushed pineapple, well drained
- 16 ounces raisins
- 16 ounces butter
- 6 ounces sugar
- 1 cup honey
- 10 eggs
- 3 1⁄2 cups plain flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons allspice
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 cup rum
directions
- Chop all the dried fruit and nuts. Place in a bowl and set aside.
- Cream the butter, sugar and honey.
- Mix the rum, orange juice and eggsin a bowl.
- Add the wet ingredients alternatley with the sifted dried ingredients. Stiring well after each addition.
- Add the fruit and nuts. Stir well to combine.
- Pour into two 9 inch round cake tins or one large 30xm square tin, greased and well lined up to the rim(s).
- Bake at 130oC for 4 hours, turning once.
- Cool in tin.
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The taste of this fruitcake was very good. I am a novice at fruitcakes so when I went to turn it after two hours the cake looked done. I put a toothpick in it and it came out clear. I decided to check on the internet and much to my surprise I found out you should use a meat thermometer to check doneness. Temp should be around 190 to 205. I put the cake back into the oven and cooked it another two hours. I was worried it would burn, but it came out perfect. Thank goodness for the internet. Thanks for sharing.
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