Best Fruit Cake

An old recipe and delightful version spiked with gumdrops.

 

boiling water (enough to cover)
2 cups raisins
1 cup currants
1 (16-ounce) package small gum drops (no licorice ones)
1 cup candied cherries
2 cups pitted dates, cut in half
1-1/4 cups walnuts
1 cup apple jelly
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground allspice
1/4 cup brandy wine or fruit juice
1-1/4 cups butter or margarine
3 cups white sugar
7 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

 

Pour boiling water over raisins and currants to cover. Let steam for 5 minutes, then drain. In a very large bowl combine currants, raisins, gum drops, candied cherries, pitted dates, jelly, spices, and brandy wine or fruit juice. Stir to blend. Cover and let stand overnight.

Grease three 8x4 inch loaf pans.

Cream the butter and the sugar together until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Stir in the vanilla.

Sift the flour and baking soda together.

Add the flour mixture alternately with the fruit mixture to the creamed mixture. Pour evenly into three loaf pans. Bake at 275 degrees F. (135 degrees C.) for 2-1/4 to 3 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean.

 

Fruitcake Recipes

All About Fruit Cake

• Best Fruit Cake
• Easy Modern Day Fruitcake
• No-Bake Holiday Fruitcake
• Old Fashioned Fruit Cake
• Victorian Plumcake

More Fruitcake Recipes

• Old Fashioned Fruitcake (Steve Holzinger's Version)
• Dutch West Indian Fruitcake

 

Also visit our main Holiday Recipes page

 

Copyright © 1998, Lynn Kerrigan. No portion of this article may be reproduced for publication without express, written permission of the author.

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