Candied Fruitcake

10 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 (8 oz.) pkg. pitted dates
  • 1 lb. candied pineapple (half green, half yellow) + some green for decoration
  • 1 lb. whole candied cherries + some for decoration
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 lb. (8 c.) pecan halves + some for decoration
  • light corn syrup

Directions

  1. 1
    Use two 9 x 3 1/2-inch loose-bottomed tube pans or two 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans (or use one of each).
  2. 2
    With pastry brush, grease pans well with softened butter or margarine.
  3. 3
    Set pan on piece of brown paper and trace around edge and inside of tube, then cut out tracing and fit in pan.
  4. 4
    Cut a strip the right length and width and fit around side of pan.
  5. 5
    For loaf pan, cut bottom and all side sections separately.
  6. 6
    Turn on oven; set at 275°.

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