homemade japanese fruit cake

Ingredients For homemade japanese fruit cake

• 1 1/2 c

  sugar
• 2 c

  self rising flour
• 1 c

  milk
• 3

  eggs
• 1/2 c

  shortening
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  vanilla
• BATTER FOR PLAIN LAYERS
• 1 c

  pecans- ground
• 1 c

  seedless raisins- ground
• 1 c

  english walnuts ground
• 1 c

  seedless blackberry jam
• 1/2 c

  pineapple
• 1/2 c

  maraschino cherries-chopped
• 1/2 c

  fig preserves- chopped
• 1/2 c

  pear preserves- chopped
• 1/2 c

  dates, chopped
• 1 tsp

  ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp

  ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp

  ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp

  ground allspice
• INGREDIENTS FOR FRUIT LAYERS
• 3/4 c

  selfrising flour
• 2 c

  water
• 3 c

  sugar
• 5

  egg yolks-beaten
• zest and juice of 3 lemons (meyer)
• zest and juice of 2 oranges
• coconut for icing and outside of cake
• ICING FOR CAKE