3 brandy pound fruits Recipes

cognac or other brandy, golden raisins, currants, dried apricots, finely chopped, dried cranberries, whole blanched almonds plus 1/3 cup for top of cake (6 ouncecs total), sugar, divided, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, softened, eggs, pure vanilla extract, grated orange zest, sweet orange marmalade or apricot preserves, orange-flavored liqueur

all-purpose flour, sugar, butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, softened, sour cream, apricot brandy, almond extract, salt, baking powder, eggs, powdered sugar , if desired, sour cream, brown sugar, dried apricot, apricot brandy (add more if needed), toasted and chopped almonds, toasted slivered almonds, fresh mint