Fruitcake
Created by dienia b on August 12, 2014
- Servings: 28
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 90m
- Recipe #13782
Ingredients
- 2 pounds dates
- 1 cup candied cherries
- 1 pound Brazil nuts
- 1 pound walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup cherry juice
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons lard
How to Make
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Step 1: Melt lard.
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Step 2: Sift dry ingredients together.
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Step 3: Beat eggs well.
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Step 4: Leave dates cherries and nuts whole.
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Step 5: Mix the fruit and nuts with flour mixture. Add cherry juice and vanilla. Add eggs and lard.
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Step 6: Bake in 2 lined and greased pans at 300 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (107.2 g)
- Calories 391.6
- Total Fat - 20.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.8 g
- Cholesterol - 31.1 mg
- Sodium - 111.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 48.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.8 g
- Sugars - 34.3 g
- Protein - 9.7 g
- Calcium - 68.9 mg
- Iron - 1.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg