pick off the fruit cake -connie's

Name: Pick Off the Fruit Cake -Connie's
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Hawaiian/Polynesian
Ingredients: 3 cup(s) nuts,walnuts, pecans, etc. your choice; 2 package(s) pitted dates (6 1/2 oz. pkg.); 1 cup(s) maraschino cherries, drained well; 3/4 cup(s) flour, sifted; 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 3 - eggs; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder

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Connie Ottman

Orlando, FL

Updated on Dec 24, 2016

This fruitcake is delicious and different than regular fruitcakes. Notice that there is only 3/4 cup of flour and that's just to hold the fruits together. If it's the fruit and nuts you're after, then this is the fruitcake for you. Mom served her famous fruit-cake during the holidays for as long as I can remember. Every time I walked past it, I'd pick off some fruit or nuts from the cake. I'd get m hand slapped but it was worth it. Even fruitcake haters will find this one totally different and delicious!

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr 45 Min

method Bake

yield 15-20 (depends how thin you slice the cake)

Ingredients

3 cups nuts,walnuts, pecans, etc. your choice
2 packages pitted dates (6 1/2 oz. pkg.)
1 cup maraschino cherries, drained well
3/4 cup flour, sifted
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 - eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder

How To Make pick off the fruit cake -connie's

Step 1

Turn on oven to 300 degrees.

Step 2

Grease angel-food pan.
Step 3

Carefully line bottom and sides of angel-food pan with wax paper.
Step 4

Put dates, nuts and cherries in a large mixing bowl.
Step 5

Sift flour, sugar,salt and baking powder over fruit mixture.
Step 6

Mix ingredients in bowl by hand.
Step 7

Beat eggs in a separate bowl until frothy
Step 8

Add vanilla to egg mixture and pour over fruit/nut batter.
Step 9

Mix by hand.
Step 10

Transfer batter to angle-food pan.
Step 11

Bake 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Step 12

Remove from pan and pull away wax paper. Careful, it's hot.
Step 13

Cool cake completely before slicing into thin slices.
Step 14

Warning: Your family will be picking at this cake until it's gone.
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