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fruit cake

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Recipe by
Elsie Perrett
Benson, AZ

I got this recipe from a friend back in the 1960's.

(1 rating)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For fruit cake

  • 1 c
    white sugar
  • 1/2 c
    shortening
  • 1
    egg
  • 1 1/2 c
    applesauce
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda, mix into applesauce
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground cloves
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp
    allspice, ground
  • 1 c
    nuts, i use pecans and filberts
  • 1 c
    dates, slightly chopped
  • 1 c
    maraschino cherries, slightly chopped

How To Make fruit cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350.
  • 2
    mix together sugar, shortening, egg, applesauce (with baking soda added), and vanilla.
  • 3
    mix together, flour, salt, cloves, cinnamon and allspice.
  • 4
    Add nuts, dates and cherries, mix.
  • 5
    Bake at 350 for one hour.
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