Old Fashioned Fruit Cake
Old Fashioned Fruit Cake
1 Pound Vanilla Wafers
4 Whole Eggs
1 Large Can Evaporated Milk
1 Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Each: Cinnamon, Nutmeg & Allspice (I always use an additional teaspoon)
1-1/2 Teaspoons Salt
1 Pound Dates
1 Pound Each: Candied Fruit Mix, Candied Pineapple & Candied Cherries
1/2 Pound Raisins
4 Cups Pecans
Crush Vanilla Wafers into fine crumbs, soak with Milk and set aside. Beat Eggs and Sugar, Spices and Salt. Mix well. Combine with Vanilla Wafer mix. Add nuts and fruit. Mix thoroughly and firmly pack into pans. Cook 1-1/2 hours in 275 degrees oven in a greased, foil lined* tube pan (grease foil lightly). After a few days, soak cake with a mixture of 1/2 brandy and 1/2 purple grape juice. Keep wrapped in soaked paper towels, wrapped in foil, sealed inside a plastic zip lock bag or tin.
NOTES: This makes a huge cake. Instead of a large tube pan, I usually use loaf pans. The recipe makes two 9-1/2" x 5" loaf pans. Any combination of pan sizes will work. Adjust baking time to suit the size of the pans used. If using loaf pans, 1 hour is enough.
*It is important to line your pan(s) completely with heavy duty aluminum foil, then lightly grease the foil before adding batter.
I often add up to an additional pound of fruit with no problem. Any kind of candied fruit can be used.
This cake can be refrigerated, but it is not necessary. It freezes perfectly. If the soaked paper towels start to dry out, re-soak with 1/2 brandy (or whisky, if you prefer) and 1/2 purple grape juice.
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Permalink Reply by art deco cakes by galidink on
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yummy . I copied this for nx yr , thank you so much , I been buzzy eating the one you sent me , YUM my man that hates fruit cake has been eating it to . lol , that's how good it is , thank you so very much for , the cake and the recipe ; x love yah bestie ;xxxxxx
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Smiley on
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You are very welcome, my friend! I am so happy that you are enjoying it. Be sure to tell your man that is how it happened with me....always hated fruit cake until I tasted this one. Even though I love it, I still can only eat a small piece at a time because it can be overwhelming.
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YES !! BUT GOOD YUMMMYYYY, I TOOK A BIG SLICE of it , and had to force the last 3 bits down , but lol I did it ! its very very dense AND CRUNCH , CHEWY AND all around wonderful , I wont waste a bite !,YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good for you! :o)
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Permalink Reply by Mai Fathalla on
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Thanks for the recipe Sandra.. I was drooling at your cake's picture :)
By "wafers" I suppose you mean simple biscuits? Because "wafers" here is like some airy kind of biscuits that I doubt you mean... Let me see if I can dig a pic to explain
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LOL - I guess the language difference got us, didn't it Mai? You are correct that the "wafers" are not the correct cookie/biscuit, but I do love them! Here is a picture of the cookie/biscuit to which I am referring. They are about 1-1/4 inches or 3.179 cm, just a simple little vanilla cookie/biscuit. Hope this helps.
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WELL EATING SOME MORE NOW , !! cant stop !
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LOL - I haven't even cut ours yet.
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lol 1/2 is gone !
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