$$$,$$$,$$$ FRUITCAKE (unusual and worth it)

$$$,$$$,$$$ FRUITCAKE (unusual and worth it) Recipe
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Categories: Cakes, Fruit Desserts
Keywords: quality, Gourmet, Millionaire's
Serves: a lot 12-16
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Ingredients

1/2 pkg 12 oz.pkg. pitted prunes, cut in half
1 c 10 oz. pkg. dried figs, chopped
1 c 6 oz. pkg. dried apricots
1/2 pkg 10 oz. pkg. pitted dates
2 c pecans
1/2 c green candied cherries
1/2 c 4 oz. dried lemon peel
1/2 c candied pineapple wedges
1/2 c 4 oz., dried candied lemon peel
TO MAKE THE BATTER MIX:
1 c sugar
1 c shortening
2 c all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
5 large eggs
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BakinTime
Member Since Mar 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beth's Notes:

This is one super fruitcake, not your ordinary dull or hard cake! It was in a magazine and although I don't always have the time or extra money at Christmas time for extravagant things, it was a gift for my husband. He LOVES fruitcake! That's unusual, I know. Check out the ingredients, and if you are interested save it or share it with a friend who loves this kind of cake. It was loaded with good fruit and nuts.

 

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Baking time 1 hr.+ 30 mins. Grease a 10-inch tube pan, and line bottom of pan with foil, grease foil.
2
Note:I reserved the prunes, figs, apricots and some of the pecans, to decorate the baked fruitcake and in Step #7.

In a separate bowl combine dates, cherries, pineapple, dried lemon, candied lemon and some of the chopped pecans. These can be stirred into the batter after mixing it as directed in Step #4
3
In another large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and shortening until just blended. Increase speed to high, beat until light and fluffy.
4
Add flour,b.powder,salt,vanilla and eggs to the sugar/shortening mixture. Beat at low speed until mixture is just blended. Stir in dried fruit.

Note: Add the mixture of dates,cherries, pineapple,dried lemon,candied lemon and pecans at this point.
5
Spoon into pan and bake, until toothpick inserted in mid-cake comes out clean, about one and a half hours.
6
Cool cake completely in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan and carefully peel of the foil. At this point I added glaze and decorated the cake. Wrap fruitcake in plastic wrap or foil tightly, and refrigerate overnight so cake will be firm and easy to slice.
7
Optional-Glaze: In a small pan heat apricot preserves until just melted, stirring occasionally. Brush cake with half of preserves. Garnish with dried fruit, cherries and pecans.
8
This cake may be made a month in advance or a day ahead.
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twiga13
Elsie Perrett twiga13
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jul 16, 2011
Saved! Sounds great!
pistachyoo
Jul 16, 2011
I love fruitcake too. I have never made one but would like to. Thanks for sharing this recipe. This fruitcake looks devine!
Lauri8433
Lauri Funk Lauri8433
 
 
 
 
Jul 16, 2011
I don't like dates, not sure about prunes. Are there other fruits I could use instead?
BakinTime
Jul 16, 2011
I think if you have anything that is sweet and dried that you like you could substitute. Raisins instead of prunes? Try a tropical fruit,that is sweet and dried? My husband loved all fruitcakes, but now he's not suppose to eat that sugary food unfortunately.
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dfish
Jul 24, 2011
Yum!!! A save for me...thank u Beth!!
HALOFACE
AYN WILSON HALOFACE
 
 
 
 
Oct 2, 2012
This sounds delicious and is beautiful. Thx for the pic. However, the recipe does say how to combine the fruit mixture with the cake batter. Do you just fold it in?
BakinTime
Oct 3, 2012
In answer to your question Ayn, I did something that was not clearly explained in the recipe, and that is I reserved the prunes,figs,apricots and the pecans for the top of the fruitcake after baking it in STEP #7. I chopped the dates and added them with the cherries, pineapple and lemon and some of the pecans, to the batter just before spooning it into the pan and baking it.
I will edit the recipe. Thanks for asking. It's been a while since I made this.
avadonella
Arwen DJ avadonella
 
 
 
 
Dec 23, 2012
I am sure your recipe is wonderful and looks easy, but I cannot and will not include anything that is found in the produce section meaning that red, green and yellow stuff in the plastic containers. I don't like the way it smells, I don't like the way it feels. It's horrible. It will never make it into my fruitcake. I prefer to soak my dry fruit in liquor.
BakinTime
Dec 23, 2012
Your fruit soaked in liquor must be incredible! I don't make this regularly, but I did make it years ago and it was expensive but very good, and I thought it was beautiful. Have you ever had a cake from the Bermuda Rum Cake Store? That too is special. I'm glad you enjoy making fruit cake.

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