JEANS FRUITCAKE
By
Jean Fisher
@Fairy62
7
Delicious at Christmas. I have eaten Fruitcake in the middle of the summer. It keeps well wrapped.
Ingredients
- 1 c
- dates, chopped
- 1 tsp
- baking soda
- 1 c
- boiling water
- 1 c
- sugar
- 2 1/2 c
- flour
- 1 c
- walnuts, chopped
- 2 large
- eggs
- 2 Tbsp
- molasses
- 1 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp
- nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp
- allspice
- 1 c
- raisins
- 1 c
- candied fruit and cherries
How to Make JEANS FRUITCAKE
- 1Grease and flour three mini bread pans.
Preheat oven to 350° - 2Put dates in a bowl with soda. Pour boiling water on top and set aside.
- 3In a large mixing bowl, mix together the sugar and flour. Add eggs, vanilla, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and molasses. Mix to combine.
- 4Stir in date mixture.
- 5Fold in walnuts, raisins and candied fruit.
Mix well. - 6Pour in prepared pans. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- 7Let cool in pan about 10 minutes. Then carefully run knife around edges. Let cool completely on cooling rack
- 8After letting cool for about 2 hours, I take 3 separate cloths big enough to wrap each loaf - then soak in Manischewitz. Wrap each completely in foil and store in plastic bag.
- 9Enjoy!,
Store Fruitcake in Refrigerator.
You may need to resoak in about a week.
