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| Glorious Golden Fruitcake Recipe |
Category: Fruits / Cakes
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 20
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Ingredients
4 cup unbleached flour; sifted
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cup butter or regular margarine
2 1/2 cup sugar
6 eggs; lg
1/4 cup milk
4 cup walnuts; chopped
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup candied pineapple; chopped
1/2 cup red candied cherries; chopped
1/2 cup green candied cherries; chop
1 tablespoon lemon rind; grated
1 pineapple glaze
1 pecan halves
Cooking Directions:
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and reserve 1/4 c of the flour mixture. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer at medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition. Combine the walnuts, raisins, pineapple, candied cherries, lemon rind and the 1/4 cup of reserved flour mixture until all are very well coated. Stir into the batter. Spread the batter in a greased and wax-paper lined 10-inch tube pan. Bake in a 275 degree F. (That is correct, 275 degrees F.) oven for 2 hours and 45 minutes or until done. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes before removing to a wire rack to completely cool. Wrap the fruitcake tightly in foil. Store in the refrigerator up to 4 weeks. When ready to serve or to make a gift of it, prepare the Pineapple glaze, and frost the top of the cake, letting the glaze drip down the sides. Decorate with the pecan halves.
Makes one 5 lb fruit cake. PINEAPPLE GLAZE:
Combine 1 cup of sifted confectioners' sugar and 2 T of pineapple juice, mixing until smooth.
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