Candied holiday fruitcake
Candied holiday fruitcake recipe in the christmas category
Recipe ingredients:
- 3 cups chopped pecans
- 2 cups chopped candied pineapple
- 3/4 cup chopped candied cherries
- 1/3 cup chopped candied orange peel
- 1 3/4 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- Powdered sugar
Recipe method:
- Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 250 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 12 cup bundt pan or tube cake pan.
- In large bowl, mix pecans and fruits with 3 tablespoons flour.
- In another large bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
- Stir in vanila and lemon extracts.
- Sift 1 3/4 cups flour with baking powder and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to batter. Stir until blended.
- Mix fruit mixture into batter.
- Pout batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until golden brown and test if inserted into centre comes out clean, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes.
- Turn out onto rack and cool.
- Can be prepare 2 weeks ahead. Wrap in foil and store at room temperature.
- Dust with powdered sugar.