Kresge's Fruitcake.
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 1 cup milk
- 3/4 cup blanched almond
- 1 cup mixed peel, diced
- 1 1/4 cups glace cherries
- 3 cups white raisins
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
Recipe
- 1 line 2 loaf pans with well greased brown paper or foil, shiny side down. (9 x 5 x 3 inches).
- 2 preheat oven to 275°f.
- 3 cream butter and sugar together for five minutes.
- 4 stir in beaten egg yolks. stir in milk; mix well.
- 5 chop the almonds and the fruits. mix together and then stir into creamed mixture.
- 6 sift together dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture, combining well.
- 7 beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. fold into cake batter along with the lemon extract.
- 8 pour batter into prepared pans.
- 9 bake until cake tests done, using a skewer. (about 1 hour).
- 10 allow to rest on rack and cool to warm before removing from pans.
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