Fruitcake Delicious

Name: Fruitcake Delicious
Ingredients: 1 tsp. vanilla; 5 large eggs, beaten; 1 (8 oz.) jar maraschino cherries, drained; 1 lb. shelled Brazil nuts; 1½ c. sifted flour; 1½ c. sugar; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. salt; 2 lbs. pitted dates (do not chop); 2 lbs. shelled walnuts

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Nuts and dates are not chopped—you cut them when you slice cake

Ingredients

1½ c. sifted flour
1½ c. sugar
1 tsp.

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

In large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add dates, nuts and cherries; stir to coat well.
Combine eggs and vanilla. Mix into flour-nut mixture. (Easy way is to use your hands.)
Spoon into 3 greased 8½ X 4½ X 2½" loaf pans.
Bake in slow oven (325°) 1 hour. Cool before slicing or freezing.