Family Favorite Fruitcake
From notyourmomma 15 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 16
Family favorite, best made ahead to mellow the flavors.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. chopped dates shopping list
- 1 lb. of candied cherries, halved (use the health food store kind) shopping list
- 1 lb. of pecan pieces shopping list
- 1 lb. of candied pineapple, chopped shopping list
- pinch of salt shopping list
- six fresh eggs shopping list
- 4 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- bourbon shopping list
- 8 tablespoons of butter shopping list
- sifted confectioner's sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon of best Kentucky bourbon (or brandy) shopping list
How to make it
- 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.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
I don't know why people make "yucky" faces when presented with fruit cake. I think this sounds great! Thanks. High 5
greekgirrrl
in Long Island loved it
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Boy do I love fruitcake, and this looks like a winner. you got my 5
bobbyc0117
in Canfield loved it
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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.
lor
in Toronto loved it
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