Watermelon pickle fruit cake
Watermelon pickle fruit cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup halved candied cherries
- 1 cup slivered candied pineapple
- 1 cup light seedless raisins
- 1, 1 pound 4 ounce, jar watermelon pickles, drained and slivered
- 1/2 cup watermelon pickle syrup
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sherry
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 cup blanched slivered almonds
Recipe method:
- Combine fruits and pickle syrup. Soak overnight.
- Cream butter. Add sugar. Cream again.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Sift together dry ingredients. Reserve 1/4 cup.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with sherry.
- Drain fruits. Add nuts and reserved 1/4 cup flour mixture. Blend well.
- Pour batter over fruits and nuts. Mix.
- Pour into two prepared 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
- Bake at 300 degrees F for 2 hours and 30 minutes to 2 hours and 40 minutes.
- Cool in pans on racks.
- Chill before using to facilitate cutting.
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