Dublin Fruit Cake

14 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 c. butter or margarine (cheat with 1/2 shortening)
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 5 well beaten eggs
  • 1/2 c. rum or brandy
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 1 tsp. orange or lemon extract
  • 4 c. sifted flour
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
  • 1 (28 oz.) jar mincemeat
  • 1 lb. candy fruit

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream butter and sugar.
  2. 2
    Add eggs, rum and orange extract and beat until fluffy.
  3. 3
    Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
  4. 4
    Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture.
  5. 5
    Add nuts.
  6. 6
    Stir. Add mincemeat.
  7. 7
    Stir in candy fruit.
  8. 8
    Pour into heavily greased Bundt pan.
  9. 9
    Bake cake at 300° to 325° for 2 1/2 hours or cupcake at 300° for 45 minutes.

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