Fruitcake

12 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb candied cherry
  • 1 lb candied pineapple
  • 1 lb dates
  • 2 lbs pecans
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon clove
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Directions

  1. 1
    Chop 1st four ingriedients.
  2. 2
    Mix eggs & sugar.
  3. 3
    mix flour with spices and baking powder.
  4. 4
    Layer cherries, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecan.
  5. 5
    Layer pinapple, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecans.
  6. 6
    Layer dates, sprinkle flour mixture layer pecans.
  7. 7
    Repeat layers till all used up.
  8. 8
    Pour egg and sugar mixture over fruit and nuts, mix well by hand.
  9. 9
    Line pans that are used with wax paper and packed with mixture and put in a 225* oven and bake till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  10. 10
    Let cool and pull wax paper off.
  11. 11
    Wrap cake in Saran Wrap.
  12. 12
    May put 1/2 cherries and whold pecans on top to decorate.

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