homemade japanese fruit cake
This cake has been in our family for many,many years. I remember my grandmother and mother making this cake at Christmas every year. Mother would make this cake and sell them in our neighborhood. This is a beautiful cake for the holidays.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
method
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yield
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 1 cup milk
- 3 - eggs
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
- BATTER FOR PLAIN LAYERS
- 1 cup pecans- ground
- 1 cup seedless raisins- ground
- 1 cup english walnuts ground
- 1 cup seedless blackberry jam
- 1/2 cup pineapple
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries-chopped
- 1/2 cup fig preserves- chopped
- 1/2 cup pear preserves- chopped
- 1/2 cup dates, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- INGREDIENTS FOR FRUIT LAYERS
- 3/4 cup selfrising flour
- 2 cups water
- 3 cups 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
How To Make homemade japanese fruit cake
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Step 1Plain and fruit layers: Use 1/2 batter for 1 plain layer-take the other 1/2 and mix with fruit batter. Pour into greased and floured cake pans-Bake at 350 degrees until done-approximately 25-30 minutes for plain layers. 30-40 minutes for the fruit layers-test with toothpicks.
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Step 2Icing for cake: Cook over medium heat until thick. You can add coconut to the batter before spreading onto the layers. After cake has been totally iced, take coconut and put on outside of cake. Decorate with cherries or pecans. Makes a beautiful cake for the holidays.
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