Mrs Harvey's White Fruitcake 1966
Created by dienia b on April 14, 2025
- Servings: 16
- Prep Time: 2h
- Cook Time: 3h
- Recipe #44465
Ingredients
- 4 cups pecans, shelled
- 1 pound candied cherries
- 1 pound candied pineapple
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 pound butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ounces vanilla extract
- 2 ounces lemon extract
How to Make
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Step 1: Chop nuts and fruits into medium-sized pieces and dredge with 1/4 cup of flour.
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Step 2: Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
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Step 3: Add well-beaten eggs and blend well.
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Step 4: Sift remaining flour and baking powder together; fold into egg and butter mixture.
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Step 5: Add vanilla and lemon extracts and mix well.
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Step 6: Add fruits and nuts, blending well.
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Step 7: Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
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Step 8: Line with foil, parchment, or waxed paper. (Do not use grocery bags.)
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Step 9: Grease again.
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Step 10: Pour batter into prepared pan.
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Step 11: Place in cold oven and bake at 250°F for 3 hours.
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Step 12: Or line 2 (9 x 5 x 3) foil loaf pans, greasing both pans and liners well.
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Step 13: Place in cold oven and bake at 250°F for 2 hours.
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Step 14: Cool in pan on cake rack.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (206.9 g)
- Calories 530.9
- Total Fat - 38.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.4 g
- Cholesterol - 313 mg
- Sodium - 221.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 34.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.8 g
- Sugars - 20.4 g
- Protein - 14 g
- Calcium - 83.2 mg
- Iron - 2.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg