Grandma Leach's Fruitcake recipe

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Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cloves
3 cups unsweetened applesauce
¾ cup vegetable oil
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 pound candied mixed fruit
2 cups chopped walnuts
½ cup walnut halves
1 cup halved candied cherries

Nutrition Info

209.7 calories
carbohydrate: 34.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 7.7 g
fiber: 1.8 g
protein: 2.4 g
saturatedFat: 1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 131.9 mg
sugar: 16.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch tube pan and one 9x5 inch loaf pan.

  2. Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves into a large bowl. Stir in the applesauce and oil, then mix in the raisins, dates, mixed fruit and 2 cups of walnuts. Pour into the prepared pans. Pans should be about 3/4 full if using mini pans, or an assortment.

  3. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean.

Recipe Yield

48 servings

Recipe Note

My grandmother and mother made these cakes for years. They are moist but don't contain eggs. Applesauce is the secret ingredient. I sold these at bake sales for years and we had many customers who returned every year just to get one.

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