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FRUIT-CAKE-2(D) USENET Cookbook FRUIT-CAKE-2(D)
OLD WORLD FRUIT CAKE
FRUIT-CAKE-2 - A traditional European-style fruit cake
Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is
*excellent*. My mother has been making it for years. She
originally got the recipe from a friend, but has since
adapted it to suit her fans. (She gets requests for it all
year long.)
INGREDIENTS (1 large fruitcake)
CAKE
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp mace
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup melted butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup black coffee (cold)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup mixed fruit
1 cup dates
1/4 cup rum or brandy
GLAZE
4 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup rum or brandy
1/2 cup sugar
PROCEDURE
(1) Mix the melted butter, eggs, rum and coffee
together.
(2) Add brown sugar and mix well.
(3) Add rest of dry ingredients and place in a but-
tered loaf pan.
(4) Bake at 300 deg. F for 2 hours or until done (it
will separate from the sides of the pan).
(5) Make glaze when almost completely baked: Melt (do
not boil) butter. Add rum and sugar. Stir by
hand.
(6) Remove the cake from the oven and pour half of the
glaze over it. Let it cool 25 minutes, then turn
it over and pour the remaining glaze on the other
side.
(7) Notes: Don't use glass pans. This freezes well, if
you make more than you can eat; just be sure to
wrap it carefully so it doesn't get freezer burn.
Warm frozen cake in the oven, not the microwave.
RATING
Difficulty: easy to moderate. Time: 15 minutes preparation,
2 hours baking, 30 minutes finishing. Precision: measure
the ingredients.
CONTRIBUTOR
Seema Chandnani
University of Chicago Computation Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
snix@sphinx.uchicago.edu