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    Desserts-Cake: Fruitcake-Hater's Fruitcake

    Source of Recipe

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    List of Ingredients

    2 cups butter
    2 1/4 cups brown sugar
    1 cup honey
    10 eggs
    4 cups flour
    2 teaspoons cinnamon
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon allspice
    3/4 teaspoon salt
    3 pounds dried apricot halves
    2 pounds pecan halves
    1/2 pound dates pitted
    1 pound golden raisins
    1 cup apricot nectar
    1/2 cup light cream
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
    1 cup brandy
    1/4 cup orange liqueur

    Recipe

    To the butter, brown sugar and honey, add the eggs one at a time and beat well. Mix together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, allspice and salt and add 1/2 to the sugar mixture above. Mix the apricot halves, pecans, dates and raisins with the remaining flour. Mix all together. Bake in large pan (9 1/2 by 5) at 250ºF for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. In bowl, combine 1 cup brandy and 1/4 cup orange liqueur. Pour over the cooled loaves.

 

 

 


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