Fruitcake
A delicious combination of cinnamon, brown sugar, molasses, bourbon, and citron fruits
Ingredients
Fruitcake
- 1/2 cup Bourbon
- 16 oz Old English Mix Paradise Holiday Fruit
- 8 oz Assorted Pineapple Wedges
- 4 oz Candied Red Cherries Paradise Holiday Fruit
- 4 oz Candied Green Cherries
- 1 cup dried Apples
- 1 cup pitted dates chopped
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 5 eggs
- 2 tbsp dark molasses
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Instructions
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Pre heat oven to 275° and grease Tube pan or grease 2 loaf pans and line with parchment paper, both long ways and width ways.
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Combine all fruit and nuts into a large bowl
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Pour 1/2 cup Bourbon onto fruit let stand 2-3 hours stirring frequently
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Add butter, flour, sugar, brown sugar, and eggs to a second large bowl
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Beat together on high for 2-3 minutes, scraping bowl down
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Stir in fruit mixture, spread mixture into a 12 cup greased tube pan or 2 greased loaf pans
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Press the batter into the pans firmly removing air pockets
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Bake in oven 3 – 3 1/2 hours, a tooth pick should come out clean
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Cool in pan for 20 minutes then remove with parchment paper or separate the tube pan, let cool completely
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Can garnish with cherries, pineapples and nuts
Recipe Notes
I highly suggest lining the Loaf pans with parchment paper for easier removal of the cake, This cake can be made with no alcohol just replace it with Orange Juice. Once cake is cooled, spread it with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of Bourbon and wrap in a cheese cloth and place in an airtight container. For the next 4- 6 weeks you will dress the cake with 1/4 cup of bourbon each week over the cheese cloth. Then its ready to eat!!!