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Dark Fruitcake
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* 16 oz Citron, candied
- (or candied fruit and peels)
* 8 oz Cherries, candied
* 1 cup Raisins, dark
* 1 cup Raisins, golden
* 1 1/3 cups Calmyra figs,
- cut into pieces
* 1 1/3 cups Dates (pitted),
- cut into small slices
* 1 1/2 cups Pecan halves
- (or walnut halves if necessary)
* 1/2 cup Brandy
* 3 cups Flour (white)
* 2 ts Baking powder
* 2 ts Salt
* 1 Tb Cinnamon, ground
* 1 ts Nutmeg, ground
* 1 ts Allspice, ground
* 1 ts Cloves, ground
* 4 Eggs
* 1 3/4 cups Brown sugar, packed
* 1 cup Orange juice
* 3/4 cup Butter, melted (cooled)
* 1/4 cup Molasses, light (treacle)
Preparation
Mix fruits together in a bowl. Pour brandy over fruits. Turn fruit mixture over every 20 minutes. Soaking time is a matter of taste, but two hours is typical. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Prepare tube pan: grease sides and bottom. Line bottom and sides with greased brown paper.
In a very large bowl, mix flour, spices, baking powder and salt. Stir until spices are evenly blended throughout.
In a third bowl beat eggs until fluffy. Add brown sugar, orange juice, molasses and butter. Mix, making sure that all the sugar dissolves.
Pour off any liquid from fruit mixture and add the fruit and the nuts to the dry ingredients. Mix until all fruit pieces are coated. Then pour in the liquids and mix gently until you have an evenly-mixed batter.
Pour batter into pan and bake at 300 degrees F. for 1 hour. Cover pan with foil and bake for 1 hour more or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before removing from pan. Peel off paper very carefully.
Put cake in cake tin lined with foil. For the next 3 to 4 weeks, sprinkle a little brandy over cake twice a week. Keep cake covered and store the tin in the refrigerator. If you prefer to omit the brandy, cover top of cake with very thin slices of apple instead.
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