Moist Fruitcake

Name: Moist Fruitcake
Ingredients: 1/2 lb. butter (not margarine); 1 c. sugar; 5 eggs; 2 c. plain flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 oz. pure vanilla; 1/2 oz. lemon flavoring; 4 c. chopped pecans; 1 lb. candied pineapple; 1/2 lb. candied red cherries; 1/2 lb. candied green cherries; 1/2 c. white Karo syrup

12 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter (not margarine)
1 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 oz. pure vanilla
1/2 oz. lemon flavoring
4 c. chopped pecans
1 lb. candied pineapple
1/2 lb. candied red cherries
1/2 lb. candied green cherries
1/2 c. white Karo syrup

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift 1 1/2 cups flour with baking powder; add alternately with flavorings to creamed mixture.
2

Sprinkle remaining flour over nuts and fruits; add to batter. Place brown paper in bottom of a tube cake pan; grease bottom and sides. Place broiler pan containing water under cake pan in oven. Bake for 2 hours and 30 minutes at 250°.