Moms Fruitcake Recipe
Yield: 1 BatchRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup: Butter, softened
1 package: Confectioners sugar,
Flour,
6 large: Eggs,
1 cup: Bourbon, or rum
4 tbsp: Vanilla extract,
1 lbs: Golden raisins,
1 lbs: Glace cherries,
1 lbs: Glace pineapple,
1/3 lbs: Glace citron, or more, up to a pound
1/4 lbs: Candied orange peel,
1/4 lbs: Candied lemon peel,
1 quart: Pecan halves,
14 ounce: Coconut, flaked
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Line the bottom and sides of a large
tube pan and a small loaf pan with foil; grease the pans. Chop
coarsely the raisins, cherries, pineapple, citron, orange peel, lemon
peel and pecan halves.
In large bowl, soften the 3 sticks of butter. Cream in a box of
confectioners sugar, then fill box to the same level with flour.
Pour half of the flour over the fruit and nuts; mix thoroughly so all
are well-floured.
Add six eggs to butter/sugar, one at a time, while beating. Add
vanilla extract and fold in flour. Stir in fruits and nuts; fold in
liquor. Pour into cake pans and bake approximately 2 hours.
Moms notes:
* 3 # cherries, pineapple, raisin; 1 # citron; 3/4 lemon/orange
peel; 2 # butter; 3 packages coconut, 2 # cake flour; 4 #
confectioners sugar, fifth of bourbon.
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tube pan and a small loaf pan with foil; grease the pans. Chop
coarsely the raisins, cherries, pineapple, citron, orange peel, lemon
peel and pecan halves.
In large bowl, soften the 3 sticks of butter. Cream in a box of
confectioners sugar, then fill box to the same level with flour.
Pour half of the flour over the fruit and nuts; mix thoroughly so all
are well-floured.
Add six eggs to butter/sugar, one at a time, while beating. Add
vanilla extract and fold in flour. Stir in fruits and nuts; fold in
liquor. Pour into cake pans and bake approximately 2 hours.
Moms notes:
* 3 # cherries, pineapple, raisin; 1 # citron; 3/4 lemon/orange
peel; 2 # butter; 3 packages coconut, 2 # cake flour; 4 #
confectioners sugar, fifth of bourbon.
Source from luhu.jp