MOM'S FRUITCAKE

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Categories     Fruit

Yield 6 cakes

Number Of Ingredients 20

4-1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mace
1 pound shortening
1 pound brown sugar
10 eggs, well beaten
1/2 lb. candied cherry halves
1/2 lb. candied pineapple, diced
1 lb. dates, sliced
1 lb. raisins
2 lb. mixed fruit or
1 lb. currants
1/2 lb. citron, sliced
1/2 lb. candied orange & lemon peel
1/2 lb. nuts, chopped
1 cup honey
1 cup molasses
1 cup cider

Steps:

  • Sift flour, baking powder, and spices together 3 times. Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, fruits, nuts, honey, molasses, and cider. Add flour in small amounts. Mix well after each addition. [Helen, don't use a mixer! Use your hands or you will ruin your mixer, and it's too hard to use a spoon.] turn into cake pans which have been greased and lined with wax paper. [Grease the paper, too.] (Bake in slow oven 250 degrees. Large loaves - 4 hours. Small loaves - 2-1/2 to 3 hours. Tube pan - 4-1/2 to 5 hours. Test with toothpick before removing from oven. Makes 10 lbs. fruit cake.

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