big fruit cake

Recipe by
Colongo Colongo
Charleston, Mt. Pleasent, SC

You'll be adding Good Brandy or Good Rum to top when this cake come out of oven. Do not be shy with the Brandy or Rum, this is what makes this cake good.Then wrap it in cheese cloth.Then every 3 days, top it with more Brandy or rum. I use a real good Brandy. Its makes it take out of this world!!! After a week its ready to cut. This recipe goes back a long time in my family. 1800's.. Please enjoy!! Colongo

yield serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 2 Hr 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For big fruit cake

  • 1-big box of rasins ,1-big box chopped dates,1/2 big bowl candied cherries, 3/4 big bowl fruit cake mix, 1/2 big bowl pineapples wedges 1-qt. pecanes, 1/2 jar mince meat (big jar) ,
  • 2 1/2 stick good butter, 1 3/4 c. sugar, 1 1/2 c. plain flour , 6 eggs 1/4 tsp salt

How To Make big fruit cake

  • 1
    cut up fruit and nuts, put rasin's in boiling water and take off stove then let stand for 10 mins.drain good. then cool in refer. add 1/2 cup flour to fruit and nuts this keeps them in one place while cooking grease pan and flour it good
  • 2
    then cream butter & sugar until fluffy, put in 3 eggs 3/4 c. flour then beat together real good add remaining 3 eggs and rest of flour and beat together real good then add fruit, fold in easy. You want flour to stay on fruit so while cooking the fruit won't sink to bottom of pan.
  • 3
    Bake at 295 F. for 2 1/2 hrs.
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