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Recipe Fruitcake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons ground allspice
- 2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
- 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 1/2 cups dried mixed fruit
- 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
- 1 3/4 cups brandy
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C).
- Grease and flour a tube pan.
- In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.
- Add eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, and 1/2 cup brandy.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Stir in fruit, nuts, and melted butter.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake at 225 degrees F (110 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Wrap cooled cake in foil.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons brandy over the cake everyday for 2 weeks.
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