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Old World Fruit Cake

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A traditional European-style fruit cake -- Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is *excellent*.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

45 min

COOK

2 hrs

READY

3 hrs

Ingredients

cake
1 237
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML SALT
¼ 1.3
TEASPOON ML BAKING SODA
¼ 1.3
TEASPOON ML BAKING POWDER
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML ALLSPICE
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML CINNAMON
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML CLOVES
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML MACE
½ 2.5
TEASPOON ML NUTMEG
½ 118
CUP ML BUTTER
melted
2 2
LARGE LARGE EGGS
¾ 177
CUP ML COFFEE
good quality, strong, black
½ 118
CUP ML BROWN SUGAR *
1 237
1 237
CUP ML FRUIT
mixed *
1 237
CUP ML DATES
¼ 59
CUP ML RUM
or brandy *
glaze
4 6E+1
TABLESPOONS ML BUTTER
½ 118
CUP ML RUM
or brandy *
½ 118
CUP ML SUGAR

Directions

Mix the melted butter, eggs, rum and coffee together.

Add brown sugar and mix well.

Add rest of dry ingredients and place in a buttered loaf pan.

Bake at 300℉ (150℃) for 2 hours or until done (it will separate from the sides of the pan).

Make glaze when almost completely baked:

Melt (do not boil) butter.

Add rum and sugar. Stir by hand.

Remove the cake from the oven and pour half of the glaze over it.

Let it cool 25 minutes, then turn it over and pour the remaining glaze on the other side.

  • Don’t use glass pans.

This freezes well, if you make more than you can eat; just be sure to wrap it carefully so it doesn’t get freezer burn.

Warm frozen cake in the oven, not the microwave.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 167g (5.9 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 524 43% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 25g 39%
Saturated Fat 15g 76%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 131mg 44%
Sodium 410mg 17%
Total Carbohydrate 25g 25%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars g
Protein 12g
Vitamin A 16% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 5% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
 

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