Pineapple Fruitcake Recipes

HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Combine fruit and nuts. In another bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Pour over fruit and nuts; stir to coat. , Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 2 hours. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Wrap tightly and store in a cool place. Bring to room temperature before serving; slice with a serrated knife.

PINEAPPLE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• 1. mixflour, eggs, both sugars,and 1 stick butter in a large bowl
• 2. add in can of crushed pineapple, juice included and stir until mixed. sweetened coconut can also be added to batter....makes it even more sinfulicious
• 3. pour batter into a greased/floured cake pan.....I prefer a 8 1/2 x 16 pan
• 4. bake in oven set at 425 until browned.....approx. 35 minutes
• 5. in a separate bowl, mix cream cheese, remaining butter, lemon extract, and confectioners sugar until smooth
• 6. after cake is done, let cool and spread icing on top....then sprinkle crushed or broken walnuts over top.....you can leave out nuts also.....your preference.
• 7. invite friends or family over to enjoy a fun, delicious treat!!!!!

CHERRY PINEAPPLE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cherries, pineapple, pecans and 1 cup flour; set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla. Combine baking powder and remaining flour; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in fruit mixture., Spoon into a greased and waxed paper-lined 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Remove waxed paper while warm; cool completely before slicing.

PINEAPPLE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Put in pan crushed pineapple and juice, butter, raisins, sugar, spice, bicarbonate soda and pinch of salt.
• Boil for 10 minutes, watch that it does not boil over with the bicarbonate of soda in it!
• Cool and then add the beaten eggs and flours.
• Put into an 8x8-inch tin that has been lined with baking paper.
• Bake at 350°F for approximately 1 hour.

PINEAPPLE BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place mixed fruit, sugar, butter and pineapple including juice into a saucepan.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Allow to cool.
• Beat eggs slightly and stir into fruit mixture.
• Sift together the flours, spice and bircarbonate of soda.
• Fold into fruit mixture.
• Place mixture into a greased and lined 30cm cake tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven for 90 minutes.
• Test after 90 minutes.

PINEAPPLE COCONUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300*. Grease and flour (3) 8" x 4" loaf pans.
• Mix fruits, nuts and coconut; set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Stir in the pineapple juice.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add this to the creamed butter-sugar mixture.
• Fold in the combined fruits, nuts & coconut.
• Spoon into three (3) greased and floured 8" x 4" loaf pans.
• Bake @ 300* for 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool, wrap and store two weeks to mellow.