Fruitcake, my take on Alton Brown's
By
Georgane Vann
@Georgart53
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I made a few changes. I didn't want to use apricots so I used dried pineapple instead and couldn't find currents so I used regular raisins instead.
Update. I tasted the fruit cake. Really delicious. Soft and moist, loaded with fruit. I'm glad I used the pineapple rather than the apricots. Also one note I wish that I had added more pecans.
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Ingredients
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MIX AND SOAK OVERNIGHT
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1 cgolden raisins
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1 cregular raisins
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15 oz bag sunsweet antioxident blend dried fruit includes blueberries, cranberries, cherries and plums
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1/2 cchopped dried pineapple (sunsweet)
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·zest of one lemon and one orange
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1/4 ccandied ginger.... *i didn't use this.
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8 ozgolden rum
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NEXT DAY
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1 csugar
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1 1/4 stickbutter
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1 cunfiltered apple juice
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1/4 tspground cloves
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1/2 tspallspice ground
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1 tspground cinnamon
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1 tspground ginger
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DRY INGREDIENTS
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1 3/4 cap flour
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1 1/2 tspsalt
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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2eggs
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ADD IN
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1/2 ctoasted pecans, broken
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EXTRAS!
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·brandy for spritzing
How to Make Fruitcake, my take on Alton Brown's
- Spoon into a 10 inch non-stick loaf pan and bak for one hour. The tooth pick test: if it's not clean bake another 10 minutes
I used 6 inch paper crumb cake cups that I got from Amazon. It made 11 of those putting in 2 ice cream scoops of batter in each one. Cooked them for 40 minutes give or take.
cool on a rack. then baste with brandy, When it is completely cool wrap tightly and spritz every couple of days with the brandy over the course of about 2 weeks. This size is great for gifting.