Muahahaha fruitcake

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From StLToday "Very Fruity Fruitcake" recipe

VERY FRUITY FRUITCAKE

JANET JACQUOT, ST. LOUIS

Yield: 2 regular loaves or 8 mini loaves

2 cups chopped pitted dates (not sugared)

2 cups chopped dried pineapple

1 1/2 cups dried cherries

1 1/2 cups chopped dried apricots

1 cup dried blueberries

5 1/2 cups pecan halves

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

6 eggs

1/3 cup dark rum

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1. Grease two 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pans or eight 5-by-3-inch mini pans. Line pans with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on both of the long sides. Grease foil or coat with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

2. Combine dates, pineapple, cherries, apricots and blueberries in a large mixing bowl. Stir in pecans.

3. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture, about 1 cup at a time, into fruit-nut mixture until pieces are well coated. Lightly beat eggs in small bowl; stir in rum. Pour egg mixture over fruit-nut mixture. Stir until well coated and thoroughly mixed. Mixture will be thick and stiff.

4. Spoon mixture into prepared pans; press to pack tightly. Bake for 1 3/4 hours for large pans or 25 to 35 minutes for small pans or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes, then remove from pans and peel off foil.

5. Warm corn syrup in the microwave oven or a small saucepan. Gently brush tops of warm loaves with corn syrup. Let cool completely on wire racks. Wrap in plastic wrap or foil and store in an airtight container. Can be frozen.

Per serving (based on 16): 700 calories; 31g fat; 5g saturated fat; 80mg cholesterol; 9g protein; 97g carbohydrate; 62g sugar; 14g fiber; 305mg sodium; 125mg calcium.

Note: The fruits listed are the ones Jacquot usually uses, but not always in these amounts; you can use any combination of dried fruits you like to make a total of 8 cups. "It just depends on what I have on hand and/or what's on sale," she said. Dried cranberries or dark or golden raisins are good options. You can chop the fruit coarse or fine, as you prefer. She got the recipe from her sister, Cathy Rickard, who likes to include maraschino cherries.

And now ... I FETCH THE FRUITS.

Comments

[ravan]

Thank you. I have been looking for an old-fashioned dense style fruitcake recipe.

[azurelunatic]

I plan on modifying the recipe a little bit, mostly in that I'll be making sugar-rum syrup to glaze it with rather than corn syrup. Though this recipe is going to be double unsuited for the corn syrup sensitive person in the potential audience, because gluten and pineapple. Though later I may do a rice flour pineapple-free one, idk.

[azurelunatic]

My other favorite fruitcake recipe:

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/bljoke1.htm


Miscellaneous
Recipe Box Recipe Shared By Peggy
Recipe Title Food Jokes - Fruit Cake
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 cup dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon whiskey
Instructions
Sample the whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure that it is of the highest quality.

Pour 1 level cup and drink. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl.

Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup. Turn off the mixer. Break two legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.

Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares. Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find.

Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Throw the bowl out of the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to bed. Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway?

This is just a joke, folks!

Credits
Shared by: Peggy, Home Cooking Guide

[azurelunatic]

Making it again.

* Still makes more than claimed.

* Still takes longer to bake.

* Adding cocoa powder and chocolate chips smells fantastic.

[azurelunatic]

8 cup fruit & nut & chocolate

Dry mixture (3 cups+):
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Enough cocoa powder

Wet mixture (1 1/2+ cups):
6 eggs
1/3 cup dark rum

Glaze:
Corn syrup and rum


Mix fruits and nuts.
Add dry mix slowly, stirring to coat
Add wet mix slowly, stirring to coat

Bake in lined pans forevarrrrrrr at 300F

[azurelunatic]

Honestly I never bother with the glaze