Brandied fruit friendship cake and starter

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Margarine, Melted
cup Sugar
3 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Salt
15½ ounce (1 Cn) Pineapple Chunks
16 ounces (1 cn) Sliced Peaches
17 ounces (1 cn) Apricot Halves
¼ teaspoon Ground Cloves
¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
2 eaches Large Eggs
2 cups Brandied Fruit
1 cup Nuts, Chopped
¼ cup Brandied Fruit Juice
10 ounces (1 jr) Maraschino
cup Sugar
cup Brandy (Any Brand)

Directions

CAKE

BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER

Combine butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat well. Combine next 6 ingredients. Beat well. Add eggs. Coarse chop brandied fruit and stir into batter. Add pecans and juice. Mix well. Pour batter into well-greased 10 inch bundt pan. Bake at 350 degree F. oven for 1 hour. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan.

BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER: Drain all canned fruit. Combine all ingredients in clean, nonmettalic bowl. Stir gently. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 3 weeks, stirring twice per week. As you use it, replace the amount taken with 1 cup sugar. Cover and let stand at room temperature 3 days before using again. Yields 6 cups of brandied fruit. Submitted By DOROTHY FLATMAN On 01-06-95

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