English fruitcake

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5½ cup Sifted cake flour
2½ teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Mace
1 cup Shortening
1⅞ cup Brown sugar
3 Eggs, well beaten
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
3¼ cup Raisins
¼ cup Sliced candied orange peel
¼ cup Sliced candied lemon peel
¼ cup Sliced citron
¼ cup Sliced candied cherries
1 cup Chopped walnut meats
1 cup Fruit juice

Directions

Sift flour, baking powder and mace together 3 times. Cream shortening and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.

Add lemon extract, fruit and nuts and mix well. Add dry ingredients and fruit juice alternately in small amounts, beating thoroughly after each addition. Pour into tube pan lined with greased brown paper. Bake in a 300 degree oven for between 2 and 2½ hours. Test with a toothpick or your cake tester before removing from the oven.

... from a file of Carl Berger Submitted By GAIL SHIPP On 10-03-94

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