Friendship cake-amish and starter

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Butter/Margarine -- Melted
1¾ cup Sugar
3 cups Unbleached All-purpose
Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Ground Cloves
¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
2 larges Eggs
2 cups Brandied Fruit
1 cup Chopped Pecans
¼ cup Brandied Fruit Juice
15½ ounce (1 Cn) Pineapple Chunks
16 ounces (1 cn) Sliced Peaches
17 ounces (1 cn) Apricot Halves
10 ounces (1 jr) Maraschino cherries
1¼ cup Sugar
1¼ cup Brandy (Any Brand)
BRANDED FRUIT STARTER-----

Directions

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, nonmetallic 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 MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI MSG#: 1883 Recipe By :

From: Marjorie Scofield Date: 09-07-95 (01:29) (160) Fido: Recipes

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