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White Fruit Cake Recipe

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Contributor:  
Contributor:  
Mary Ann Little Kelly
Added: Friday, May 29, 2009
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 lb. butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 lb. cherries
1/4 lb. citron
1 lb. white raisins
1 lb. pecans
1 can apricots - remove seeds, skin and strain
1 1/4 cups plain sifted flour to be put on fruit when cut up
Directions:
Directions:
Cut up fruit in large pan, add raisins and pecans and sift 1 1/2 cups flour over this and mix well.
Cream butter and sugar well.
Add eggs - 1 or 2 at a time.
Add mashed up Apricots.
Sift together flour with salt and baking powder, add this to butter, sugar, egg and apricot mixture.
Pour this mixture over fruit and mix well.
Line 5 small loaf pans with Crisco greased brown paper.
Bake at 325º for 1 hour plus until cake tester comes out clean.
Cool completely, then trim brown paper and wrap in heavy foil.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I have used my mother's original recipe every Thanksgiving since we were married in 1956. It's pretty worn out but I can't part with it.

 

 

 

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