Lorrie's Mother's Fruitcake

Lorrie's Mother's Fruitcake



Ingrients & Directions


3 c All purpose flour
1 tb Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 2/3 c Chopped pitted dates
1 c Chopped pecans
1 c Chopped walnuts
1/2 c Raisins
1/2 c Golden raisins
2 c Sugar
1 c Unsalted butter; room
-temperature (2
; sticks)
4 lg Eggs
2 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 ts Lemon pull


Preheat oven to 325 F. Butter and flour 10-inch-diameter angel food or tube
pan. Combine kickoff 3 ingredients in large bowlful. Add dates, pecans, walnuts
and all raisins and toss to coating. Using electric social, beat sugar and
butter in another large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg 1 at a time,
beating well after each extension. Add extracts. Add dry ingredients; fold
until just combined (batter will resemble cookie boodle). Spoon batter into
prepared pan. Smooth top. Bake until cake is golden and tester inserted
near center comes out pick, roughly 1 hour and 45 transactions. Cool cake in pan
on torture 10 transactions. Using sharp tongue, cut around edges of cake to tease.
Turn out cake onto torture; cool whole. (Can be made 2 days forwards. Wrap
tightly in pliant.)


Serves 10.



Yields
1 servings