Fruitcake recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups packed brown sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
4 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon zest
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
½ cup brandy
1 ½ cups raisins
1 ½ cups chopped nuts
1 ½ cups dried mixed fruit
1 ½ cups butter, melted
1 ¾ cups brandy

Nutrition Info

639.3 calories
carbohydrate: 71.9 g
cholesterol: 92.3 mg
fat: 27 g
fiber: 3.7 g
protein: 7.5 g
saturatedFat: 12.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 377.8 mg
sugar: 36 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.

  2. In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, 1/2 cup brandy, fruit, nuts, and melted butter or margarine. Mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pan.

  3. Bake for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

  4. Wrap cooled cake in foil. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons brandy over the cake everyday for 2 weeks.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9 inch tube cake

Recipe Note

This is my 90-year-old grandmother's recipe. Very simple.

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