* Exported from MasterCook *
Bourbon Fruit Cake
Recipe By : Ella Bailey, Anniston, Alabama
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Holiday Baked Goods
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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8 ounces pitted dates
1 quart pecans -- or walnuts
3 slices candied pineapple
1 cup candied cherries -- red
1 cup candied cherries -- green
1 cup golden raisins
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup bourbon
Flour each piece of fruit sot that it stands out alone.
(I sprinkle with a shaker)
Beat together until fluffly the eggs and sugar.
Add flour baking powder, salt and vanilla. Add fruit and nuts. Add bourbon.
Bake in 250 degree oven for 2 1/2 hours. top will be brown and crusty.
It dries more thank bakes really. Add fruit and
nuts to top of cake for decorations.
Makes 2 loves, they are not thick loaves.
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