Recipe

Best Ever Fruit Cake Recipe

	Dottiet / All my dishes 2 years ago This fruit cake puts the old fruit cake joke to bed. Our family loves this and I have made it for many, many years.. Relatively easy to prepare and delicious to eat and serve at the holiday season. Prep:5m Cook:120m Servings:8	Dottiet
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Ingredients

½ Lb. Whole Brazil Nuts

1 ½ Lb. Whole Walnuts

3 Cups Whole Pitted Dates

½ Lb. Red Candied Cherries

½ Lb. Green Candied Cherries

½ Lb. Candied Pineapple Chunks

Leave all fruit and nuts whole and mix in largest bowl you have.

Sift together:

1 ½ Cups Sugar

1 ½ Cups Flour

1 ½ Teaspoons of baking powder

1 Teaspoon of salt

Sprinkle over fruit and nut mix

Beat together:

6 beaten eggs

1 ½ Teaspoon pure vanilla

Directions

Stir all together. There will be very little flour and egg batter. Just make sure the fruit and nuts are well coated.

Grease two loaf pans and line with parchment paper if desired, greasing paper as well.

Bake in preheated 275° oven for 1 ½ to 2 hours.

Test with toothpick after 1 hour.

Place pan of water under the loaf pans while baking.

Enjoy. Keeps well when wrapped tightly and placed in freezer. From Dottie Theriault’s collection. Cir. 1972

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Comments

shirleyoma 2 years ago said:
Sounds allot like my Fruit Cake, sounds fantastic!
yummmm

softshellcrab 2 years ago said:
Thanks, Dottie....this reminds me of a Bisquick recipe for fruitcake that I used to make, but have lost the recipe long ago. It is the only fruitcake that will pass these lips. lol

nakedchef 2 years ago said:
Thanks for the recipe
I'll try this soon

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