Sunset Favorite Fruitcake Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups	250g / 8.8oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground nutmeg
1 1/4 teaspoons	6.3ml	Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1		Golden raisins
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Gumdrops
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter or margarine
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Coarsely chopped pecans
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
2		Eggs - well beaten
1		Applesauce
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla

Recipe Instructions

Sift flour with the cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Coat the raisins with some of the flour mixture. Put some of the flour mixture on a board and coat the gumdrops with it. Working on the floured board, cut the gumdrops into small pieces (the flour keeps them from sticking to each other).

Melt 1 Tablespoon of the butter in a small saucepan. Saute the pecans in the butter until they are golden brown and crisp. Cool, then coat in some of the flour mixture. Cream the remaining butter and sugar together until well blended and fluffy. Combine the eggs, applesauce, and vanilla.

Add apple sauce mixture and flour mixture alternately to the creamed butter and sugar. Stir in raisins, gumdrops (including any flour from the cutting board), and nuts.

Have ready three 7 3/8 by 3 5/8 by 2 1/4 inch loaf pans, which have been greased and then lined with greased brown paper. Pour the thick batter into these. Bake in a 300 oven about 2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and the cakes are olden brown.

Makes 3 small loaf cakes.

Source:
Mrs. Harold tbs Cook

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