| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | Cakes | 1 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 6 1/2 | Sticks butter | |
| 3 1/2 | c | White sugar |
| 20 | Eggs | |
| 5 | c | Flour |
| 1/2 | c | Apple juice |
| 2 | tb | Rum extract |
| 1/2 | ts | Cinnamon |
| 1/2 | ts | Ginger |
| 1 | tb | Lemon peel |
| 2 | tb | Lemon juice |
| 3 | c | Almonds; coarsly chopped |
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 10 6x3 fruitcake pans or 15 black pans (Le Foil) Cream butter with sugar. Add 9 eggs, 3 at a time. When 9 eggs have been added, alternately add 3 cups of the flour and the remaining 11 beaten eggs, mixing between additions. Then add 7 cup flour, apple juice, Rum extract, cinnamon, ginger, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Toss 3 lb. dried fruit (raisins, currents, apricots, pitted prunes, dates, pineapple bits, etc.), with 1 cup flour and add to batter along with almonds. Bake for 40 minutes. Glaze with Honey-Water-Fruit juice mixture. Decorate the tops with bits of dried fruit or decorations. Honey water Glaze: add two tablespoons warm water or fruit juice to 1 cups honey and mix. Brush the warm fruit cakes with the glaze to seal the tops. Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #934 by Ken Vaughan <kvaughan@ptialaska.net> on Nov 30, 1997
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