Fantastic Light Fruitcake

Name: Fantastic Light Fruitcake
Ingredients: 3 cups sugar; 6 eggs; 1 lb butter; 5 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 2 tsp. water; 2 ounces lemon extract; 4 tablespoons orange juice; 1 cup candied cherry; 1 cup candied pineapple; 1 lb white raisins; 2 quarts pecans; 1 (14 ounce) package angel flake coconut

12 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

3 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 lb butter
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 2 tsp. water
2 ounces lemon extract
4 tablespoons orange juice
1 cup candied cherry
1 cup candied pineapple
1 lb white raisins
2 quarts pecans
1 (14 ounce) package angel flake coconut

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar.
2

Add eggs one at a time.
3

Add extract, orange juice and soda water.
4

Add cherries, pineapple, and pecans until all is added. I used to mix all by hand, but now I have a larger mixer that works well and I only mix the cherries, pineapple and pecans by hand.
5

Drop batter by spoonsful into lightly greased and floured pans. Batter will be very heavy.
6

Bake at 275 until firm to touch.
7

This will make 2 large bundt pans, or a loaf pan and several small pans for gifts. The small pans take about 55-60 minutes and the large tube pans take about 65-80 minute The bundt pan will take longer. You can cut the recipe in half since the batter is so heavy and each half makes a whole bundt pan or one large and three smaller loaf pans.