Eudora Welty’s White Fruitcake

Name: Eudora Welty’s White Fruitcake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ cups butter; 1 pound pecan meats (halves, preferably); 2 tsp. baking powder pinch of salt; 2 tsp. baking powder pinch of salt; 4 cups flour, sifted before measuring flour for fruit and nuts; 4 cups flour, sifted before measuring flour for fruit and nuts; 4 cups flour, sifted before measuring flour for fruit and nuts; 6 eggs, separated; 2 cups sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla nutmeg if desired; 1 cup bourbon; 1 pound crystallized pineapple, clear some citron or lemon peel if desired; 1 pound crystallized pineapple, clear some citron or lemon peel if desired; 1 pound crystallized cherries, half green, half red; 1 pound crystallized cherries, half green, half red; 1 pound crystallized cherries, half green, half red

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Medium

Appears in

Southern Cakes

By Nancie McDermott

Published 2007

About

Eudora Welty’s stories and novels resonate with the rhythms of the kitchen and the roles that food and cooking play in women’s Lives. Miss Welty was a fine cook who enjoyed sharing recipes. In December 1980, she and one of her publishers, Albondocani Press, sent out a handsome holiday greeting card, which included this recipe. Miss Welty’s family kindly gave permission for me to include it here. This recipe is reproduced here exactly as she wrote it, includ

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