3/4 cup maraschino cherries
1 .undrained
1 16 oz jar ready to serve
1 .prunes in heavy syrup, un-
1 .drained
1 1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
4 eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
3 tbsp whiskey
1 can (15 1/4 oz) unsweetened
1 .crushed pineapple,undrained
4 cup flour
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 vegetable cooking spray
A Recipe for
Mother's Christmas Fruitcake
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1. Drain the cherries, reserving 3 T juice. Cut the cherries in half;
set aside. Drain prunes, reserving 6 T syrup; pit prunes, and set
aside. 2. Cream the sugar, shortening, and eggs at medium speed of a
mixer for 2 minutes, or until smooth. Stir in cherries, reserved
cherry juice, prunes, reserved prune syrup, walnuts and next 3
ingredients. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add to creamed
mixture, and stir well. 3. Spoon batter into a 10 inch tube pan
coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or
until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool
in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack, and then remove from pan and let
cool completely. Store tightly wrapped in heavy-duty plastic wrap.
Yield: 32 3/4" slices. Note: One 8 oz package of bite-sized prunes
can be substituted for the ready-to-serve prunes. To stew prunes,
combine prunes, and 2 cups of water in a medium saucepan, and bring
to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes or until
tender. Drain, reserving 6 T cooking liquid to use in place of the 6
T drained syrup.
Calories: 224 (29% from fat); protein 3.7 g; fat 7.1 gm; carb 38.1 gm;
fiber 1.6 gm; Chol 28 mg; Iron 1.4 mg; sodium 126 mg; calc 22 mg.
Source: Cooking Light Magazine, Nov./ Dec. 1994 Typed for you by Linda
Fields, Cyberealm BBS and home of Kook-Net Watertown NY 315-786-1120
Serves: 32
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