Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand
Fruit Cake
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 10 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 10 servings
- Calories
- 680
- Total Fat
- 22
- Saturated Fat
- 10
- Carbohydrates
- 117
- Dietary Fiber
- 3
- Sugar
- 90
- Protein
- 6
- Cholesterol
- 98
- Sodium
- 343
- Total: 3 hr 5 min
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 2 hr 45 min
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup lard
1 heaping cup brown sugar
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups "wholemeal" (whole wheat) flour
1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon molasses
2 pounds mixed candied fruit
1 lemon, zested
1 orange, zested and juiced
1/4 cup sherry
1 tablespoon brandy
1 tablespoon milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, with a paddle attachment cream the butter and lard together. Add the sugar and continue creaming. Add the eggs gradually and mix until well incorporated.
- Then, add each ingredient one at a time and blend in. Turn batter out into a loaf pan (best for doorstops) lined with parchment paper. Bake 1 hour and 30 minutes, then reduce the heat to 300 degrees F and bake an additional 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan. Wrap in plastic and let mature a few days. If you like, you can dip it or baste it with brandy, wrap it in cheesecloth, and store in a cool place for months (maybe even decades).