Moms White Fruit Cake Recipes

WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Chop pineapple, raisins, and cherries. Combine chopped fruit with currants, orange peel, and citron; soak in orange juice overnight.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Place a small pan of water in the oven. Line one 5x9 inch loaf pan and two 3x8 inch loaf pans with parchment or doubled waxed paper.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioner's sugar. Stir in beaten egg yolks. Stir in fruit, juice, and pecans. Mix in sifted flour.
• In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites to peaks. Fold into batter. Fill pans 2/3 full.
• Bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours until golden brown, or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

HOLIDAY WHITE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°. Line bottoms of four greased 9x5-in. loaf pans with parchment; grease parchment., In a small bowl, toss candied fruit, raisins and walnuts with 1/2 cup flour. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in remaining flour. Fold in fruit mixture., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F and line loaf pans with parchment paper.
• Blend eggs, vanilla, sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl.
• Add salt, baking powder, and flour and mix.
• Mix in pineapple and juice, cherries, raisins, dried cherries, and pecans.
• Fill the tins with fruit cake batter and spread to even the surface.
• Bake at 300° for 1 1⁄2 hours. Start testing for doneness with 20 minutes left, to prevent over-cooking.

MOM'S CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• The day before: chop dates into small pieces and put in a glass bowl. Add rum. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 8 hours, or overnight, to absorb the rum. You can leave this step out if you want but I find it makes the dates more delicious and the cookies have more flavor.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Dice candied cherries and pineapple into small pieces and place in a very large bowl; I use the top of my cake carrier. Add pecans, followed by dates. Add 1 cup flour. Toss well to coat all of the pieces and break them up so they are not sticking together.
• Whisk baking soda into the milk and let it dissolve.
• Mix shortening into the fruit. Add remaining flour, sugar, eggs, orange juice, nutmeg, salt, and milk-baking soda mixture. Mix together with your hands just until you no longer see the flour. Try not to overmix. The batter will be very dense.
• Use a small ice cream scoop or two teaspoons to drop the cookies onto the prepared pans, about 1 inch apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire cooling racks.

WHITE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• cream butter well,add sugar,and cream until fluffy.
• beat eggs well and add,blend with creamed mixture.
• chop fruit and nuts and mix with a small amount of the flour.
• sift remaining flour.
• fold into creamed mixture.
• add flavoring.
• fold in fruits and nuts.
• line a tube pan or loaf pans with greased wax paper.
• pour in batter.
• put in a cold oven and bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours.
• loaf pans for 2 1/2 hours.
• cool in pan on rack.
• or bake at 300 degrees until done,about 1 1/2 hours, or until it shrinks from the pan.
• This cake can be frozen, it makes just a little less than 5 pounds, No liquid other than the flavorings is needed.

CHRISTMAS WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Stir some flour into fruit mixture so it doesn't stick together. I use a little (like a tablespoon from the 2 1/4 cups for the cake).
• Cream the butter, sugar and eggs.
• Mix together the dry ingredients and add to the creamed ingredients.
• Stir in the fruit and nuts (I usually omit the nuts) and add more fruit to make up the volume.
• Bake in a 300oF oven for an hour, but check the cake for doneness with a wooden tooth pick to make sure it is cooked.
• My mother's only directions are: bake at 300oF for a little longer than an hour and mix together like a cake.

MOM'S WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree. Line the bottoms of two 9 - inch round cake pans with waxed, or parchment paper, sprayed with cooking spray. I spray the pan before laying the parchment, and then also again after. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
• 2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, two at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; beat until blended, with mixer at low speed, add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
• 3. Bake 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into centers come out clean. Cool cakes in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen edges and invert layers onto rack to cool completely.
• 4. PREPARE FROSTING AND FRUIT FILLING... Strawberry frosting.. Beat whipped topping and milk in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed 4 minutes until topping thickens and forms peaks. With mixer at low speed, beat melted chocolate into topping. Add jam; beat until blended. Chill 15 minutes or until of spreading consistency.
• 5. Fruit filling: Combine 1 cup strawberry frosting,(recipe above), pineapple and strawberries in medium bowl; mix well.
• 6. To fill and frost cake, place one layer on cake plate, spread top with fruit filling. Place second layer over filling. Frost top and sides. Place strawberries on top of cake, if desired

MOM'S WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Slice apricots. Mix with all fruits except crushed pineapple. Pour Port (or either wine or rum) over fruit.Mom said "at least one cup". I use 2 cups Port. If using rum 1 cup might be better,
• Mix and let stand over night. Drain a bit if there is alot of liquid.
• Add part of flour and mix well.
• Sift rest of four with dry ingrediants
• Cream together Butter and Sugar then beat in eggs one at a time.
• Add Vanilla
• Add dry ingredients, crushed pineapple and nuts.
• Butter bread pans and line with wax paper. Butter paper.
• Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. Put a small pan of water in the oven while baking.
• Let cool in pans. Remove from pans (leave wax paper in place).
• Wrap each loaf in cheese cloth. Splash them with rum or brandy.
• Keep in refrig for at least a week in an airtight container.