A good fruit cake recipe is required.?

DARK FRUIT CAKE





Ingredients:-





-1 1/2 c. packed brown sugar


-3 c. flour


-2 tsp. salt


-1 tsp. allspice


-1 c. grape juice


-4 eggs, separated


-1 tsp. baking powder


-1 tbsp. cinnamon


-1 tsp. cloves


-1 c. butter, melted





Method:-





1) Toss together in large bowl with 1 cup flour and set aside. 8 oz. candied pineapple, diced 16 oz. fruit cake mix 8 oz. candied cherries, halved 1 c. dark raisins 4 c. nuts, chopped


2) Mix brown sugar and egg yolks; beat 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer.


3) Sift 2 cups flour with other dry ingredients, then add to egg yolk mixture alternately with grape juice.


4) Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.


5) Add fruit and nut mixture to batter along with melted butter and mix well.


6) Press into 2 loaf pans lined with waxed paper.


7) Bake at 275 degrees about 3 1/2 - 4 hours.


8) Cool 20 minutes then remove from pans.


9) Soak cheese cloth with apricot brandy and wrap around cakes.


10) Wrap in aluminum foil and season for 3 weeks in cool place. Slice thin.





ENJOY!!.A good fruit cake recipe is required.?
sanjeevkapoor.comA good fruit cake recipe is required.?
This recipe is for a white fruit cake and is not as spicy as the ones you normally get. You can use vanilla or lemon flavoring.


White Fruit Cake


1lb (2c) red and green candied cherries*, chopped


1lb (2c) red and green candied pineapple*, chopped


1 quart (4c) chopped pecans


3 c flour


1/2lb (2 sticks) butter or margarine


2 c sugar


6 eggs


3 tsp. vanilla or lemon extract


Cover fruit with 1 cup of the flour.


Cream sugar, butter, vanilla and add eggs one at the time, beating well between each and to this add the rest of the flour, one cup at the time then add fruit and nuts. Mix well


Bake in large tube pan or 2 loaf pans at 275'F about 3 hours


*you could use 4 cups of chopped candied mixed fruit instead of the cherries and pineapple.
Use the recipe in the Betty Crocker's New Cook Book for Jewelled Fruitcake. entire recipe uses less than one cupof flour and is 90% fruit. A triffle costly, but well worth the effort.





My cookbook is dated 1966 as it was a wedding gift in 1967
1 box of spice cake mix


2 eggs


1 cup applesauce


1 - 2 cups dried fruit (depending on how fruity you like it)


1/2 cup chopped nuts





Mix cake mix according to box directions replacing oil with applesauce. After mix is well blended stir in fruit %26amp; nuts. Pour into prepared loaf pans, bake at 375 for 40 mins....do toothpick test to check for doneness, bake longer if needed. Cool on wire racks. I've been told this is very good soaked with rum too (I used to make one for my BIL every year). You can substitute canned pumpkin for the applesauce and or carrot cake mix for the spice cake mix.
a great site is allrecipes.com. you can read reviews of people who've tried them and any changes to make
*In a glass jar place about half bottle of white rum and a bottle of cherry brandy then add choped prunes,raisins,currents and or mixed fruits to the alcohol then leave to soak for a minimum of 3 weeks.different fruits can be use.


*In a tin place a few teaspoons of sugar then place the tin over a lit burner on the stove until the sugar dissolves into a molasses form(not too thick).Let cool then set aside.





*Cream butter and sugar via a hand mixer or standing mixer,


*then add eggs,


*flour,


*some spice,(preferably cinnaman in powdered form),


*the well soaked fruits,


*the burnt sugar liquid/store bought food colour(specifically for darkening meats or rice or other foods)


*baking powder





Stir all of this together,


then place mixture in well greased and floured pans


then place in pre heated oven to bake until cooked all the way through.





Additional alcohol can be added to the cake by piercing the cake from the top with a knife then placing the alcohol into the wound.This is to keep the cake preserved and moist for a long period after it has been baked.





i know that i did not give specific measurements but i hope that i still helped a bit.


:-)
go to allrecipes.com!