5 Pound Fruit Cake Recipe

[Granny]

BEAUTIFUL 5-POUND FRUIT CAKE

 

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 cup EACH of crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, flaked coconut AND chopped pecans

Reserved cherry and pineapple juice liquid to make 1 cup

Maraschino cherries and pecan halves (optional, for garnish)

 

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Grease and flour a tube pan.

 

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each.

 

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add half of the reserved juice liquid, then half the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat 4 minutes. Add remaining liquid, then flour and beat 4 minutes more.

 

Add almond extract. Stir in pineapple, cherries, coconut, and chopped pecans. Blend well. Pour into prepared pan.

 

Bake 2 hours at 250 degrees F. Turn off heat and let cake sit in oven for 1 hour. Remove from pan.

 

You may garnish top of cake with maraschino cherries and pecan halves 30 minutes before baking time is up, if desired.

 

Recipe: Newspaper clipping, 1972

[Cat]

Oh, GREAT! No citron!! This would be a good one!!

 

 

 

Can't wait for WormGuy to make this for us all!!!!