Dark Fruit Cake - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/2 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
4 c. self-rising flour
10 eggs
1 c. wine
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. vanilla
1 small glass apple jelly
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. fruit mix
1 lb. candied figs
1/2 lb. candied pineapple
2 lb. seedless raisins
2 c. pecans and 1 c. black walnuts
Preparation
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Cream butter and sugar together.
Beat eggs and add to mixture. Sift flour and add alternately with wine.
Add jelly to mixture and mix well.
Add spices and vanilla.
Have fruit chopped up, add raisins and nuts.
Mix all ingredients.
Pour into tube pan and bake in 300\u00b0 oven for 4 1/2 hours.
This will make a 7 pound fruit cake.
Decorate cake with pineapple slices, pecans and/or cherries.
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