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Jan Baker's German Fruitcake
3/4 cup margerine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon of Allspice,Nutmeg,and Cinnamon
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon soda
2/3 cup cherry preserves
2/3 cup apricot preserves
2/3 cup pineapple preserves
1 2/3 cups pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in order. Grease and flour 10" tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees
for 1 1/2 hours.
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Brandied Fruit Cake
To begin the fruit:
Week one.....1 cup pineapple, drained. Add one cup sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon.
Week two....1 cup drained peaches,add 1 cup sugar
Week three...1 cup drained apricots, add 1 cup sugar
Week four......1 cup marischino cherries, drained, add 1 cup sugar
I keep all this in a big glass jar, stir every day with a wooden spoon, leave on a shelf, covered with some saran wrap.
Week five......the recipe:
Brandied Fruit Cake
1 1/2 cups oil
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
3 cups brandied fruit
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups pecans
Mix oil and eggs, beat well. Add flour,soda,vanilla, etc. and mix well.
Add the brandied fruit and nuts by hand last.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
This is an old,old recipe, have had it for years. It is also good on ice cream.
I always love to sneak pieces out of the pineapple...it is soooo goood.
3/4 cup margerine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon of Allspice,Nutmeg,and Cinnamon
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 teaspoon soda
2/3 cup cherry preserves
2/3 cup apricot preserves
2/3 cup pineapple preserves
1 2/3 cups pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in order. Grease and flour 10" tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees
for 1 1/2 hours.
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Brandied Fruit Cake
To begin the fruit:
Week one.....1 cup pineapple, drained. Add one cup sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon.
Week two....1 cup drained peaches,add 1 cup sugar
Week three...1 cup drained apricots, add 1 cup sugar
Week four......1 cup marischino cherries, drained, add 1 cup sugar
I keep all this in a big glass jar, stir every day with a wooden spoon, leave on a shelf, covered with some saran wrap.
Week five......the recipe:
Brandied Fruit Cake
1 1/2 cups oil
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
3 cups brandied fruit
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups pecans
Mix oil and eggs, beat well. Add flour,soda,vanilla, etc. and mix well.
Add the brandied fruit and nuts by hand last.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
This is an old,old recipe, have had it for years. It is also good on ice cream.
I always love to sneak pieces out of the pineapple...it is soooo goood.