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white fruit cake

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Recipe by
Patricia Nance
Bauxite, AR

This is Mary Ella Harrison Bass' recipe, at least 98 years old. She made it in November so it could sit for a month and cure.

(1 rating)
cook time 1 Hr 30 Min

Ingredients For white fruit cake

  • 1 lb
    brazil nuts
  • 2 lb
    walnuts
  • 1 lb
    dates, chopped
  • 1 c
    candied cherries
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 4
    eggs, seperated
  • 4 Tbsp
    whiskey or rum

How To Make white fruit cake

  • 1
    Beat egg yolks and sugar.
  • 2
    Add whiskey.
  • 3
    Sift 1/2 cup flour over nuts and fruits.
  • 4
    Add remaining flour and baking powder to egg and sugar mixture. Mix together.
  • 5
    Add beaten egg whites last.
  • 6
    Bake in tube pan lined with waxpaper.
  • 7
    Bake 275 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.

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