Fruit Cake

Name: Fruit Cake
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 Tbsp brandy; 237 milliliters heaping cup brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter; 907 grams mixed candied fruit; 4 eggs; 1 lemon, zested; 1 Tbsp milk; 1 Tbsp molasses; 0 teaspoons nutmeg; 1 orange, zested and juiced; 296 milliliters self-rising flour; 59 milliliters sherry; 296 milliliters wholemeal (whole wheat) flour; 118 milliliters lard

Fruit Cake is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 5 minutes. Head to the store and pick up candied fruit, brandy, nutmeg, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

In a mixing bowl, with a paddle attachment cream the butter and lard together.

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Butter

Cream

Lard

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Mixing Bowl

Add the sugar and continue creaming.

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Sugar

Add the eggs gradually and mix until well incorporated.

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Egg

Then, add each ingredient one at a time and blend in. Turn batter out into a loaf pan (best for doorstops) lined with parchment paper.

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Loaf Pan

Bake 1 hour and 30 minutes, then reduce the heat to 300 degrees F and bake an additional 1 hour and 15 minutes.

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Let cool in the pan. Wrap in plastic and let mature a few days. If you like, you can dip it or baste it with brandy, wrap it in cheesecloth, and store in a cool place for months (maybe even decades).

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Brandy