Crites Family Stuff

Description

This was Jack's favorite!! A Christmas could not go by without making it. I found this recipe when I was a bride, so it has been around for many years. Jack liked it because it was so full of the candied fruit.

Ingredients for 24 servings

• 1.75 lbs candied fruit
• 2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
• .5 lb chopped dates
• 1.5 cups raisens
• .25 lb coconut
• .5 lb margarine
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 cup honey
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 tbsp orange juice

Steps

1. Make cake batter by creaming together margarine, sugar, honey. Add beaten eggs. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking power and add alternately with the orange juice. In a large container put the candied fruit, walnuts, dates, raisins, and coconut. Pour batter over the fruit and mix together. Makes two loaf pans, or can be baked in a well-greased bundt cake pan or an angel food cake pan. Bake at 250F 3-1/2 to 4 hours. Put a small pan of water in the bottom of the oven for a glazed and moist texture. Can decorate the top of the cake with red maraschino cherries and green fruit from the fruit mix.

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