Yuletide Ring Cake

Name: Yuletide Ring Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 12 cups granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 4 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 12 teaspoons baking powder; 12 cup seedless raisin; 12 golden raisin; 12 cup candied peel or 12 cup fruit; 12 cup maraschino cherry, chopped, well drained (or candied cherries); 12 cup nuts, chopped

13 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 12 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 12 teaspoons baking powder
12 cup seedless raisin
12 golden raisin
12 cup candied peel or 12 cup fruit
12 cup maraschino cherry, chopped, well drained (or candied cherries)
12 cup nuts, chopped

Directions

1

Cream butter and cheese.
2

Add sugar; mix well.
3

Beat in lemon rind and vanilla.
4

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5

Reserve 1/4 cup flour.
6

mix remaining flour with baking powder.
7

Blend into creamed mixture.
8

Combine fruit and nuts; toss with reserved flor.
9

Stir into batter.
10

Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan or tube pan.
11

Bake in 300F oven for 70-80 minutes or until tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
12

Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
13

If desired, glaze cake by dusting with icing sugar or drizzle with glaze made by adding a few dops of milk to 1 cup icing sugar until proper consistency is reached.