American Festive Fruit Cake Recipe

Name: American Festive Fruit Cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10-15 servings
Ingredients: 250 g dates, pitted; 250 g glace pineapple; 125 g glace apricots; 125 g each of red and green glace cherries; 250 g brazil nuts; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar; 1 tablespoon rum; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 90 g butter, softened; 1/2 (75g) plain flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; pinch of salt; 12 tablespoons rum or brandy, extra

Ingredients

250 g dates, pitted
250 g glace pineapple
125 g glace apricots
125 g each of red and green glace cherries
250 g brazil nuts
2 eggs
1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
1 tablespoon rum
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
90 g butter, softened
1/2 (75g) plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
12 tablespoons rum or brandy, extra

COOK TIME 1h30m	TOTAL TIME 1h30m
YIELD 10-15 servings

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C. Grease and line a 23 x 12 cm loaf tin.
Chop the dates, pineapple and apricots into fairly large pieces, but leave the cherries and nuts whole. Mix well.
Beat the eggs until light and fluffy, add the sugar, rum, vanilla and soft butter. Continue beating until well blended.
Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt, add to the creamed mixture with the fruit and nuts, and mix well. Spoon into the prepared tin.
Bake for approximately 90 minutes, or until the cake is firm to touch and a skewer comes out clean.
The cake may have a surface layer of melted butter - on cooling this will settle and moisten the cake.
Remove from the oven, and while still hot, pour extra rum or brandy over.
Cool in the tin standing on a wire rack.