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Simple Fruit Cake Recipe 

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This fruitcake features lots of dried cherries, cranberries. Plus, it’s more cake-like and less dense than the usual fruitcakes. Give it a try, this recipe will convert the fruitcake sceptics!


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This fruitcake recipe is very easy to make through use of prepared mincemeat and mixed candied fruit for a quick Christmas-time classic.
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Course Cake, Desserts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hours
Servings
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Ingredients
Course Cake, Desserts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hours
Servings
people
MetricUS Imperial
Ingredients
fruit-cake
Votes: 1
Rating: 5
You:
Rate this recipe!
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan.
  2. Place the butter, granulated sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, salt, and vanilla in a bowl, and beat till smooth.
  3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  4. Add the flour, stirring to combine.
  5. Stir in the undrained crushed pineapple.
  6. Stir in the fruits, nuts, and candied cherries.
  7. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top.
  8. Sprinkle with coarse white sparkling sugar, if desired.
  9. Bake the cake for 60 minutes, then tent it with aluminum foil. Bake for an additional 15 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
  10. Remove the cake from the oven, and after 20 minutes loosen its sides, and turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool.
  11. Remove the cake from the oven, and after 20 minutes loosen its sides, and turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool.
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