Old Fashioned Fruit Cake Recipe

Old Fashioned Fruit Cake Recipe

Yield: 1 Servings
Recipe by luhu.jp

Ingredients:

DARK CAKE MAKES 90 SM. PCS
3 3/4 cup: Diced, mixed candied peel
2 1/2 cup: Raisins,
2 cup: Currants,
2 cup: Pecan coarsely chopped,
1 cup: Halved red candied cherries,
1 cup: Halved green candied cherrie,
1/2 cup: Dark rum,
1 3/4 cup: All purpose flour,
1 tsp: Baking powder,
1 tsp: Cinnamon,
1/2 tsp: Ground cloves,
1/4 tsp: Nutmeg,
1/4 tsp: Allspice,
1/8 tsp: Salt,
1 cup: Butter, softened
1 cup: Packed brown sugar,
3 each: Eggs,
2 tbsp: Molasses,
2 tsp: Vanilla,

Directions:

Prepare two 9x5 in. loaf pans or 1 8 in. square pan. In bowl combine
peels, raisins, currants, pecan and cherrie. Pour in rum; mix well.
Cover and let stand at room temperature for 8 hours or up to 24 hours
is best. Toss with 1/2 cup of the flour; set aside. Combine remaining
flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and salt;
set aside. In large bowl cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat
in eggs, one at time , molasses and vanilla beating well. Stir in
flour mixture just until blended; stir in fruit mixture. Turn into
prepared pans. Bake at 250* for about 3 hours for loaf pans or 4 1/2
hours for square cake pan or until cake tester inserted in center
comes out clean. Let cool in pans on rack for 30 mins; remove from
pans. Remove paper and let cool completely on rack.

NOTE: See "Fruit Cake Preparation" Recipe for preparation and cooking
tips BEFORE STARTING.


Source from luhu.jp