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Light Orange Almond Fruitcake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 cups mixed candied fruit
2 cups golden raisins
1-1/2 cups halved candied cherries
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped candied pineapple
1-1/2 cups finely chopped blanched almonds
1 cup candied citron peel
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp. coarsely grated orange rind
1 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup orange liqueur or orange juice (I use Grand Mariner)
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Directions:
Directions:
Grease two loaf pans; line bases and sides with parchment paper. Grease paper. Set aside.

In large bowl, combine mixed candied fruit, raisins, cherries, pineapple, almonds, and citron peel; toss with 2 tbsp. of the liqueur, then 1/2 cup of the flour and set aside.

Stir together remaining flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time, orange rind and almond extract, beating well. Add flour mixture alternately with liqueur, making three additions of dry and two of liqueur and mixing just until flour is incorporated. Fold in fruit mixture. Scrape into prepared pans, smoothing tops.

Set shallow baking dish half full of boiling water on bottom rack of oven. Bake cakes on center rack in 250º oven for 2-1/2 hours or until cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, covering loosely with foil if cakes begin to crack.

Let cakes cool completely in pans on racks. Wrap cakes with liqueur soaked cheese cloth. Wrap well and stores up to a few months in the fridge or a year in the freezer. :)
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Two cakes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This fruitcake recipe is loved by people who normally hate fruitcake! :)

 

 

 

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