White Fruitcake

17 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups golden raisins
  • 1 cup dried apricot, quartered
  • 1 cup crystallized ginger
  • 1 cup canned pineapple chunk, drained, quartered
  • 1 cup blanched almond, coarsely chopped (toasted)
  • 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped (toasted)
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest, freshly grated
  • 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 270°F.
  2. 2
    Line three 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch loaf pans with parchment; generously butter paper.
  3. 3
    Sift flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl.
  4. 4
    Stir with fork to blend.
  5. 5
    Add apricots, ginger, raisins, pineapple, almonds and walnuts and toss gently to coat.
  6. 6
    Cream butter and sugar in another bowl until light and fluffy.
  7. 7
    Beating by hand, gradually add fruit mixture, alternately with eggs, one at a time, beating vigorously after each addition.
  8. 8
    Blend in peels and vanilla and extracts.
  9. 9
    Divide batter evenly among pans.
  10. 10
    Bake until a tester comes out clean, about 2 hours.
  11. 11
    Cool 30 minutes.
  12. 12
    Turn out.
  13. 13
    Peel off paper and cool completely.

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