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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Grandma R's Fruitcake

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 lb butter
  • 1 lb sugar
  • 1 lb all-purpose flour
  • 6 ounces grape jelly
  • 1 ounce dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 12 medium egg yolks
  • 1 orange, juice of
  • 1/2 cup grape juice
  • 1/2 cup rum
  • 1/2 lb blanched almond
  • 1 lb pecans
  • 3 lbs dark seedless raisins
  • 1 lb sultana raisin
  • 1 lb crystallized pineapple
  • 1 lb candied red cherries
  • 1 lb candied green cherries
  • 1 lb candied citron peel
  • 12 medium egg whites

Recipe

  • 1 pecans chopped roughly, almonds slivered and soak overnight in orange juice.
  • 2 pineapple to be cut in tidbit size, cherries cut in quarters, citron peel cut fine, be sure to wash raisins, soak overnight in grape juice and rum.
  • 3 set aside one cup of flour from recipe to sprinkle over the fruit before adding to batter.
  • 4 cream butter at room temperature like whipped cream.
  • 5 add sugar gradually until no sugar grains remain (about 15 minutes).
  • 6 beat in egg yolks throughly.
  • 7 stir in jelly and melted chocolate.
  • 8 blend in flour and baking powder.
  • 9 add fruit with hands small amounts at a time mixing well.
  • 10 add almonds and pecans (juice as well if still leftover).
  • 11 fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
  • 12 line pans with thin cardboard bottom and sides.
  • 13 line pans with tin foil over the cardboard.
  • 14 fill pans 3/4 full with batter (5-6 loaf pans).
  • 15 bake at 275°f for 2 1/2 hours.
  • 16 if you use mini-pans you will have to watch the baking.
  • 17 you will know they are done when the tops are slightly dark.
  • 18 possible cracking of the loaf--little bit springy, but not too springy.
  • 19 cool on racks before removing.
  • 20 peel off tin foil gently wrap in saran wrap (or cheesecloth if you are planning to soak in rum afterwards).
  • 21 then wrap in tin foil store in a cool place tin container.

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