Summer Fruit Cake
- 2 cups flour (I use 1 cup white and 1 cup whole-wheat)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups summer fruit, chopped and drained (apricots, nectarines, peaches and plums are good, use a mixture if possible)
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup raisins
- For glaze
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- To make cake: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
- Grease and flour 9x13-inch pan.
- Combine flour-salt in bowl.
- Beat eggs-vanilla in large bowl.
- Add flour mixture to egg mixture.
- Stir in remaining ingredients (fruit-raisins).
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
- While cake is baking make glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients (sugar-baking soda) in large saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in vanilla.
- When cake is done, remove from oven and poke entire surface of cake with a toothpick.
- Pour glaze over hot cake slowly.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/summer-fruit-cake-63719 (may not work)