Recipe

Family Favorite Fruitcake Recipe

	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 12 months ago Family favorite, best made ahead to mellow the flavors. Prep:40m Cook:180m Servings:16	Notyourmomm
	ages well moist not too sweet

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Ingredients

1 lb. chopped dates

1 lb. of candied cherries, halved (use the health food store kind)

1 lb. of pecan pieces

1 lb. of candied pineapple, chopped

pinch of salt

six fresh eggs

4 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

Bourbon

8 tablespoons of butter

sifted confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon of best Kentucky bourbon (or brandy)

Directions

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Butter a 10 inch tube pan and set aside.

Mix together the dates, cherries, pecans, pineapple and salt.

Set aside.

Beat the eggs until foamy.

Add the vanilla, flour, and sugar and mix well.

Add the batter to the fruit mixture and stir well to coat the fruit.

Pour into the prepared pan and set in a roasting pan filled with hot water, and bake for 3 hours or until a cake pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool the cake and run a knife around the sides and bottom of the pan and remove the cake.

Douse the bourbon and wrap in cheesecloth to store.

Put the cake in an airtight tin and check often to make sure the cake is moist, a little bourbon every now and then will help.

To make the hard sauce, cream the butter well and add as much sifted confectioner's sugar to make it as sweet as you desire. Keep it thick and then add the bourbon, keep the hard sauce at room temperature until ready to serve with a slice of fruitcake.

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Comments

greekgirrrl 12 months ago said:
I don't know why people make "yucky" faces when presented with fruit cake. I think this sounds great! Thanks. High 5

bobbyc0117 12 months ago said:
Boy do I love fruitcake, and this looks like a winner. you got my 5

lor 12 months ago said:
I agree with GreekGirrrl and BobbyC when it comes to fruitcake. Thanks for a lovely looking recipe and I'll be testing it out for sure.

lacrenshaw 12 months ago said:
Nym,
I agree with all of the above.... 5.
Lorraine

lasaf 12 months ago said:
Fruitcake lovers unite. Yeah!

ambus 12 months ago said:
I love fruitcakes...sounds delicious!Thanks NYM for sharing.

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