Dark Fruit Cake

Name: Dark Fruit Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons allspice; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 113 grams butter, or 1/2 cup shortening; 118 milliliters candied citron; 473 milliliters mixed candied fruit; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 237 milliliters dark-brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 eggs; 473 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoon lemon extract; 1 teaspoons mace; 118 milliliters milk; 118 milliliters molasses; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 237 milliliters raisins; 1 teaspoons salt

Dark Fruit Cake is a vegetarian recipe with 12 servings. One serving contains 503 calories, 5g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only a few people really liked this dessert. If you have lemon extract, flour, raisins, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is perfect for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter two 9x5-inch loaf pans, line them with foil, then butter the foil. Cream the butter or shortening, add the brown sugar, and beat until light.

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Brown Sugar

Shortening

Butter

Cream

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Loaf Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Add the lemon extract and eggs and beat well. Stir in the molasses and blend.

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Lemon Extract

Molasses

Egg

Mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, mace, cloves, and salt; beat into the first mixture.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

All Purpose Flour

Ground Mace

Salt

Add the milk and beat until smooth. Stir in the candied fruit, citron, raisins, and pecans, and mix well. Spoon into the pans and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn out onto racks to cool. When completely cool, wrap well and store in an airtight container.

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Candied Fruit

Raisins

Citron

Pecans

Milk

Wrap

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Toothpicks

Oven

Brandied Fruit Cake

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Fruit

Soak two large pieces of cheesecloth in brandy. Wrap each fruit cake in the cheesecloth, covering all sides, then wrap well in foil. Moisten the cheesecloth with additional brandy every few days for about a week. The brandy will flavor the cake and help preserve it too.

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Brandy