mama's poor man fruitcake

Name: Mama's Poor Man Fruitcake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1 stick(s) butter or margerine; 2 cup(s) granulated sugar; 2 - eggs; 4 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) ground clove; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 tablespoon(s) baking soda; 1 large bottle maraschino cherries, drained; 1 box(es) raisins; 5 cup(s) water; 1 pound(s) walnuts, broken into pieces

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star pooley

Bullhead City, AZ

Updated on Aug 24, 2011

This recipe was my grandmothers'. I normally do not like fruitcake, but this one is not as heavy.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 1 Hr

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Ingredients

1 stick butter or margerine
2 cups granulated sugar
2 - eggs
4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground clove
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 large bottle maraschino cherries, drained
1 box raisins
5 cups water
1 pound walnuts, broken into pieces

How To Make mama's poor man fruitcake

Step 1

Boil the raisins in water for 15 minutes; Drain, reserving 2 cups of the water.

Step 2

Grease and flour a large tube pan.
Step 3

In a large bowl, stir together flour, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
Step 4

In a medium bowl, cream the eggs, butter and sugar; add 2 cups of the raisin water and mix well.
Step 5

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix well.
Step 6

Mix in raisins, cherries, nut and baking soda.
Step 7

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean; Cool.
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