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Norma's Best Ever Fruitcake

List of Ingredients




1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 ½ cups sugar
6 eggs
1 bottle rum or brandy flavoring
4 cups flour
1 ½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
2 cups raisins
2 cups Maraschino cherries, halved
1 cup chopped walnuts
honey or corn syrup, optional


Recipe



Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Grease and flour 2 bread pans.

Cream butter and sugar. Blend in eggs and flavoring. Beat in next 6 ingredients and beat well. Add raisins, cherries, nuts. Spoon into pans. Bake for 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Top with honey or corn syrup ½ hour before done to make a shiny top.

Can substitute other dried fruits.