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Japanese Fruit Cake

Here's how you make Japanese Fruit Cake
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  • Servings: 10
  • Prep: 2h
  • Cook: 2h
    • The following recipe serves 10 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 2 cups flaked coconut
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 6 egg whites
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 lemons, peeled and seeded
  • 2 oranges, peeled and seeded
  • 2 cups flaked coconut
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 4 (9 inch) round cake pans. Toss together the raisins, coconut and pecans in 1 cup of the flour until coated. Set aside.

  • Step 2: Cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in yolks one at a time. Sift together remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk, mix until blended. Fold in raisin, pecan and coconut mixture.

  • Step 3: In a clean bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks develop. Fold into batter until no streaks remain.

  • Step 4: Divide batter into four 9 inch baking pans (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups per pan). Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.

  • TO MAKE THE FILLING

  • Step 5: Mix 2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour in a saucepan, add water and stir until dissolved. Chop lemons and oranges into small pieces and add to saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until thick, about 10 minutes. Add 2 cups coconut. Allow to cool.

  • Step 6: Assemble cake with filling between layers, and ending with filling on top.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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