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Recipe Apricot Fruitcake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 pound red and green candied cherries
- 6 candied pineapple slices
- 1 pound candied mixed fruit
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup apricot nectar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
- Grease two 9 inch tube pans.
- In a saucepan over medium heat cook apricots in the water until they are mushy.
- Press them through a sieve and let them cool.
- Separate the eggs.
- Beat the egg yolks until lemony colored.
- Then beat the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed.
- Set aside.
- Cream the butter or margarine and sugar together.
- Add the beaten egg yolks and the apricots, and mix thoroughly.
- Combine the raisins, candied cherries, candied pineapple, and mixed dried fruits in a bowl coated with one cup of the flour.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add this flour mixture alternately to the creamed mixture with the apricot juice.
- Blend this batter into the mixed fruits.
- Add the chopped pecans or walnuts and fold in the beaten egg whites.
- Turn the batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) for 2 hours.
- Garnish cakes with candied pineapples and cherries.
- Makes about 24 servings.
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