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What would Christmas be without a fruitcake? You'll like this one. Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened |
2 1/2 cups sugar |
6 eggs |
2 teaspoons brandy flavoring |
4 cups all-purpose flour |
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 teaspoon nutmeg |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 1/2 pounds ready mix candied fruit |
1 pound seedless raisins |
3/4 pound candied pineapple |
3/4 pound whole candied cherries |
2 cups pecan halves |
garnish: light corn syrup and pecan halves |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and eggs with an electric mixer until fluffy, adding eggs one at a time until yolk dissapears. Stir in flavoring.
2. Sift together next 4 ingredients and mix thoroughly with butter and egg mixture. Work the fruit and nuts into batter with hands. Grease and flour a 19 tube pan.
3. Fill pan 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 275° for 3 hours. One-half hour before cake is done, brush top with corn syrup. Decorate with pecan halves and finish baking. Cool. If desired, place cake, wrapped in a wine-soaked cloth, in an airtight container. Store in a cool place for several weeks; this blends and mellows the cake.
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