Stained Glass Window Fruit Cake
Author/Submitted by: Ella Bailey Servings: 1 Categories:
Cakes
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1 1/2
pounds
pitted dates 1
pound
candied pineapple chunks 1
pound
candied cherries 2
pounds
pecan halves,
or walnuts
2
cups
all-purpose flour,
sifted
2
teaspoons
baking powder 1/2
teaspoon
salt 4
eggs,
beaten
1/2
cup
Dark corn syrup,
Karo
1/4
cup
firmly packed brown sugar 1/4
cup
corn oil,
mazola
Directions:
Grease 10x4 inch tube pan. Line with preased paper. Mix fruit and nuts. Sift dry ingredients, mix eggs, syrup, sugar and oil. Gradually beat in dry ingredients, pour over fruit mixture and mix well. firmly pack into pan. Bake in 275 degree oven about 2 hours 15 minutes or untio top appears dry. Cool in pan.
May be baked in 2 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Top with Holiday corsage and green velvet ribbon. Or Put fruits and nus on top.
NOTE: I line my pans with brown paper, you can use wax paper. Also I put a pan of water on the rack under cake while it is baking for moisture.
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