My grandmother's fruit cake recipe
On Mon 28 Nov 2005 06:13:22p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it zxcvbob?
> The Girl With The Nice Looking **** wrote:
>> My grandmother died on this day last year. In her honor, I am posting
>> her favorite fruit cake recipe for the holidays. I hope someone reading
>> this enjoys it. Thank you.
>>
>> 1 pound candied cherries
>> 1 pound candied pineapple
>> 1 pound pitted dates
>> 1 pound chopped pecans
>> 32 ounces flaked coconut
>> 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
>> 28 ounces sweetened condensed milk
>> 2 tablespoons brandy
>>
>> Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line
>> bottom of pan with greased parchment paper.
>>
>> Chop fruit and nuts in a mixing bowl. Add coconut and mix well. Stir in
>> flour, sweetened condensed milk and brandy.
>>
>> Pack firmly in tube pan. Bake for 1 and a half hours.
>>
>>
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> Three tablespoons of flour? (It looks kind of sweet.)
>
> Bob
>
It's a *fruit*cake, not a flour cake. :-)))
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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