TROPICAL FRUIT CAKE

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Ingredients

1 pound butter
2 cups sugar
12 large eggs
4 pounds candied and dried fruits, diced
A combination of Dried fruits - Red Cherries, Lemon and Orange Peel, Apricot, Dates, Pears, Blonde Raisins, Cranberries, Pineapple
1/2 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup dessicated coconut (sweetened shredded is okay)
2 tablespoons allspice
2 pounds of chopped Walnuts and Pecans
2 cups Rum (for soaking fruit)

Steps:

1 - 2 nights before baking the fruit cake, soak all the fruit in the rum (stir occasionally) Before baking, drain the fruit and reserve all the rum. Preheat oven to 275, spray pans with non-stick and dust with flour Cream the butter and sugar Add the eggs one at a time until fully encorporated Add 1 cup of the fruit and molasses until blended Sift in the flour and allspice Add the remaining fruit and all the nuts Divide among pans evenly and bake until tester in center comes out clean (about 1 ½ - 2 hours) Remove from oven and brush all the cakes generously with the soaking rum.

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