Ava's Not Your Usual Nutty Fruit Cake
Created by LindasBusyKitchen on November 20, 2011
- Servings: 7
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 70m
- Recipe #2816
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 eggs, whites and yolks separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 quart pecans or walnuts or mixed
- 1 cup self-rising flour, heaping
- 1 pound dates, chopped
- 1 (6 ounce) bottle Marachino cherries
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar, butter and egg yolks.
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Step 2: Add vanilla.
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Step 3: Sift flour over nuts.
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Step 4: Mix all ingredients together, until all is moistened well. Don't overmix.
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Step 5: Fold in egg whites last.
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Step 6: Bake in a greased loaf pan, for 1 hour 10 minutes.
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Step 7: Cool.