Best Ever Fruitcake
Ingredients
- 24 oz pecans
- 1 lb candied pineapple
- 1 lb candied cherries
- 1 lb white or golden raisins
- 1/2 lb butter
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 oz bottle of brandy or rum flavoring
- 4 cups flour
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Line baking pans with aluminum foil.
- Mix butter, sugar, eggs and flavoring until creamy and smooth, stir in dry ingredients, and add fruit and nuts. Mix well.
- Fill pans 2/3 full. Bake in slow oven (275°). Bake tube cake about 3 hours, smaller loaf pans 2 hours, or until golden brown
- Wrap cakes in wine soaked cloth and store in air tight container in cool place for several weeks.
Notes
Mom Helling’s recipe