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Old-World Fruitcake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cake
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozAll-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBaking soda
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBaking powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlAllspice
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCinnamon
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCloves
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlMace
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlNutmeg
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter - melted
2   Eggs
3/4 cup 177mlCoffee, black, cold
1/2 cup 80g / 2.8ozBrown sugar
1 cup 160g / 5.6ozRaisins
1 cup 110g / 3.9ozFruit - mixed
1 cup 237mlDates
1/4 cup 59mlRum or brandy
  Glaze
4 tablespoons 60mlButter
1/2 cup 118mlRum or brandy
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozSugar

Recipe Instructions

Mix the melted butter, eggs, rum and coffee together. Add brown sugar and mix well. Add rest of dry ingredients and place in a buttered loaf pan.

Bake at 300F for 2 hours or until done (it will separate from the sides of the pan). Make glaze when almost completely baked: Melt (do not boil) butter. Add rum and sugar. Stir by hand.

Remove the cake from the oven and pour half of the glaze over it. Let it cool 25 minutes, then turn it over and pour the remaining glaze on the other side.

NOTES:

* A traditional European-style fruit cake -- Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is excellent. My mother has been making it for years. She originally got the recipe from a friend, but has since adapted it to suit her fans. (She gets requests for it all year long.)

* Don't use glass pans. This freezes well, if you make more than you can eat; just be sure to wrap it carefully so it doesn't get freezer burn. Warm frozen cake in the oven, not the microwave.

: Time: 15 minutes preparation, 2 hours baking, 30 minutes finishing.

Source:
Seema Chandnani

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