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White Fruit Cake

White Fruit Cake

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Course Cake
Cuisine American
Keyword Cakes, Food recipe, White Fruit Cake
Prep Time 6 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups butter (1 lb. room temperature)
  • 2 Cups sugar
  • 4 Cups sifted flour
  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  • 9 Eggs
  • 3 Tablespoons lemon extract
  • 1 Lb. dates or raisins (chopped)
  • 1 Lb. candied cherries (chopped)
  • 1/2 Lb. candied pineapple (chopped)
  • 1 Lb. pecan pieces

Glaze:

  • 2 Cups orange juice
  • 2 Cups orange juice
  • 1 Tablespoon grated orange rind

Instructions

Step 1

  • Mix orange juice, sugar and orange rind.  Heat until sugar melts and pour over warm fruit cake.

Step 2

  • Cream butter and sugar.  Sift flour and baking powder.  Add 1/3 of flour, 4 Eggs and lemon extract.  Add another 1/3 of the flour, 5 remaining eggs, then last 1/3 of flour. 

Step 3

  • Stir in dates, cherries, pineapple and pecans, then blend.  Pour into 1 large tube pan plus 1 loaf pan or 4 loaf pans.  Bake 325 degrees for 2 hours.