Heirloom Fruitcake Recipes

HEIRLOOM FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Finely chop candied fruits and pecans.
• Snip dates and raisins into small pieces with kitchen shears dipped in hot water occasionally to prevent stickiness.
• Combine fruit and nuts in a bowl, add 2 or 3 T flour and toss to mix well.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon.
• Set aside.
• Cream butter until fluffy, then add brown sugar and gradually beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs two at a time, then stir in vanilla, lemon juice, and orange juice.
• Mix jelly and rum/juice until smooth.
• Add alternately to batter with dry ingredients.
• Pour batter over fruit and mix throughly, using a wooden spoon or your hands.
• Pour batter into 2 greased and lined loaf pans or 1 ten-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 275 F for 3 1/2 hours.
• Paint generously with grape juice/brandy and wrap in cheesecloth and foil, keeping refrigerated until Christmas time.
• Paint on more juice once or twice per week.

HEIRLOOM FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar, eggs and honey. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with cream. Beat in raisins, dates, apricots and pecans. Pack into two greased and floured 7-3/4"x 3-5/8" x 2- 1/4"-inch loaf pans. Place pans on middle rack of oven; place a shallow pan of hot water on lowest rack.
• Bake at 300 for 60-65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan. Loosen edges with a knife and remove from pan. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

HEIRLOOM FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• 1. Combine crumbled mincemeat and water in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until until lumps are broken up. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
• 2. Preheat oven to 300 F. Grease bottom and sides of a 9"x5" loaf pan. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper cut to fit and sprayed with cooking spray.
• 3. Sift flour and baking soda together.
• 4. Combine eggs, condensed milk, cooled mincemeat, fruit, and nuts in a mixing bowl. Fold in flour mixture.
• 5. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour or until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Set pan on a rack to cool.
• 6. When cake is cooled, turn out and remove paper.