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Christmas Cake

By: Carol  
"This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. I wish that I had that old crock."

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Prep Time:
30 Min
Cook Time:
3 Hrs 30 Min
Ready In:
6 Hrs

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 8 inch fruit cake
 

Ingredients

  • 2 (8 ounce) containers candied cherries
  • 1 (8 ounce) container candied mixed citrus peel
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 1 cup dried currants
  • 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
  • 2 (2.25 ounce) packages blanched slivered almonds
  • 1/2 cup brandy
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3/4 cup molasses
  • 3/4 cup apple juice

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine cherries, citrus peel, raisins, currants, dates, and almonds. Stir in brandy; let stand 2 hours, or overnight. Dredge soaked fruit with 1/2 cup flour.
  2. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease an 8x8x3 inch fruit cake pan, line with parchment paper, and grease again. In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream butter until light. Gradually blend in brown sugar and eggs. Mix together molasses and apple juice. Beat into butter mixture alternately with flour mixture, making 4 dry and 3 liquid additions. Fold in floured fruit. Turn into prepared pan.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 3 to 3 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Remove from pan, and lift off paper. Cool cake completely, and then wrap loosely in wax paper. Store in an airtight container.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 867 | Total Fat: 23.8g | Cholesterol: 146mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 6, 2005 by ROSE1812 
THE SPICE WASN'T A GOOD TOUCH. MORE
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Reviewed on Oct. 31, 2006 by Jo D 
I've used this recipe for my Christmas cake for the past three years and have had nothing but... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2006 by Deb L 
A realy beautiful cake with a totally different flavor MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 2, 2008 by Wemfish 
This is the best Christmas cake recipe ever! I have been using it for years at Christmas and... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by Bella J. 
After converting this recipe to metric I then poured the dry ingridents into Australian... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2009 by vickiv 
I made this cake for the first time last year. Instead of I big cake though I made five... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2009 by Lydia 
Moist, rich flavourfull cake that I recieved rave reviews on. I did afew changes to the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2009 by nadine 
just emigrated from uk and left my usual recipe in uk, so even though late for me to do cake... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2009 by sodoulla 
I make this cake every year as it was a huge success the first year I attempted it. I made a... MORE

 
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