Old Fashioned Fruitcake

Name: Old Fashioned Fruitcake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons brandy flavoring; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 340 grams whole candied cherries; 680 grams ready mix candied fruit; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 halve Garnish: light corn syrup and pecan; 6 eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 473 milliliters pecan halves; 340 grams candied pineapple; 454 grams seedless raisins; 1 teaspoon salt; 591 milliliters sugar

Old Fashioned Fruitcake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 16. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 737 calories, 8g of protein, and 23g of fat per serving. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. If you have pecan halves, candied pineapple, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and eggs with an electric mixer until fluffy, adding eggs one at a time until yolk dissapears. Stir in flavoring.

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Butter

Sugar

Egg

Egg Yolk

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Sift together next 4 ingredients and mix thoroughly with butter and egg mixture. Work the fruit and nuts into batter with hands. Grease and flour a 19" tube pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Fruit

Nuts

Egg

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Frying Pan

Fill pan 2/3 full with batter.

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Frying Pan

Bake at 275 for 3 hours. One-half hour before cake is done, brush top with corn syrup. Decorate with pecan halves and finish baking. Cool. If desired, place cake, wrapped in a wine-soaked cloth, in an airtight container. Store in a cool place for several weeks; this blends and mellows the cake.

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Pecan Halves