Old-Fashioned Fruitcake

15 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. candied fruit, chopped
  • 3 c. pitted and chopped dates
  • 3 c. raisins
  • 2 c. chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 c. molasses
  • 1/4 c. grape juice
  • 1 c. margarine
  • 1 1/4 c. dark brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. powdered cloves
  • 1/2 tsp. mace

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine fruits and nuts with molasses and grape juice.
  2. 2
    Cream margarine and brown sugar until fluffy.
  3. 3
    Beat in eggs, one at a time; add to fruit mixture.
  4. 4
    Sift flour with salt, baking soda and spices and stir into fruit and egg mixture.
  5. 5
    Stir until well mixed.
  6. 6
    Pour batter into two well-greased loaf pans or a tube pan that has been lined with greased foil.
  7. 7
    Bake at 275° for about 2 1/2 hours (about 4 1/2 hours in a tube pan) or until toothpick inserted in cakes comes out clean.
  8. 8
    Check often but do not underbake.
  9. 9
    Cool cake thoroughly.
  10. 10
    Peel off foil from tube cake before wrapping in a cloth moistened with wine or grape juice.

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