white fruit cake

Name: WHITE FRUIT CAKE
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pound(s) brazil nuts; 2 pound(s) walnuts; 1 pound(s) dates, chopped; 1 cup(s) candied cherries; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 4 - eggs, seperated; 4 tablespoon(s) whiskey or rum

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Patricia Nance

Bauxite, AR

Updated on Nov 17, 2011

This is Mary Ella Harrison Bass' recipe, at least 98 years old. She made it in November so it could sit for a month and cure.

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Ingredients

1 pound brazil nuts
2 pounds walnuts
1 pound dates, chopped
1 cup candied cherries
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 - eggs, seperated
4 tablespoons whiskey or rum

How To Make white fruit cake

Step 1

Beat egg yolks and sugar.

Step 2

Add whiskey.
Step 3

Sift 1/2 cup flour over nuts and fruits.
Step 4

Add remaining flour and baking powder to egg and sugar mixture. Mix together.
Step 5

Add beaten egg whites last.
Step 6

Bake in tube pan lined with waxpaper.
Step 7

Bake 275 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
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