Holiday Fruit Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| All purpose flour | 1.25 Large | |
| Baking powder | 10 Milliliter | |
| Ground cinnamon | 5 Milliliter | |
| Ground mace | 5 Milliliter | |
| Ground nutmeg | 2 Milliliter | |
| Chicken broth | 1 Can (10oz), condensed | |
| Packed brown sugar | 500 Milliliter | |
| Butter/Margarine | 375 Milliliter, softened | |
| Eggs | 7 Small | |
| Vanilla extract | 15 Milliliter | |
| Pitted dates | 500 Milliliter, chopped | |
| Raisins | 500 Milliliter | |
| Pecans | 625 Milliliter, chopped | |
| Shredded coconut | 500 Milliliter | |
| 250 ml assorted chopped candied | ||
| Fruit candied cherries, cut in half pecan halves | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 160°C (325°F).
Grease 2 loaf pans 23 x 13 x 7 cm (9 x 5 x 3 inches).
In large bowl, sift 1 L (4 cups) flour, baking powder, cinnamon, mace and nutmeg.
Add broth, sugar and butter.
Beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often.
Add eggs and vanilla; beat 2 minutes more, scraping bowl often.
Toss dates and raisins with remaining flour; stir into batter.
Add chopped pecans, coconut and candied fruit.
Pour into loaf pans.
Bake 1 hour 45 minutes or until done.
Remove from pans; cool.
If desired, heat orange marmalade; spoon over cakes.
Arrange cherries and pecan halves on top.
Grease 2 loaf pans 23 x 13 x 7 cm (9 x 5 x 3 inches).
In large bowl, sift 1 L (4 cups) flour, baking powder, cinnamon, mace and nutmeg.
Add broth, sugar and butter.
Beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes, scraping bowl often.
Add eggs and vanilla; beat 2 minutes more, scraping bowl often.
Toss dates and raisins with remaining flour; stir into batter.
Add chopped pecans, coconut and candied fruit.
Pour into loaf pans.
Bake 1 hour 45 minutes or until done.
Remove from pans; cool.
If desired, heat orange marmalade; spoon over cakes.
Arrange cherries and pecan halves on top.
Chef
