Walnut Holiday Cake Recipe
- 2 c. walnuts
- 1 c. pitted dates
- 1 c. seedless raisins
- 1/4 c. of brandy
- 2 c. diced candied fruits and peels
- 1/4 c. strawberry jam
- 1/4 c. soft butter
- 3 Large eggs
- 1/2 c. granulated sugar
- 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 c. sifted plain flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon mace
- Coarsely chop walnuts, raisins and dates.
- Combine with candied fruit and peels brandy and jam.
- Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Beat in Large eggs one at the time till well blended.
- Resift flour with salt, soda and spices into egg mix.
- Mix till smooth batter.
- Combine with walnut and fruit mix.
- Turn into a well-greased and floured 10 1/4 by 3 5/8 by 2 5/8 loaf pan.
- Bake below oven center at 275 degrees with shallow pan of water in bottom of oven about 1 3/4 hrs or possibly till cake test done.
- This is the fruit cake I make at Christmas.
walnuts, dates, raisins, brandy, peels, strawberry jam, butter, eggs, sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, soda, cinnamon, cloves, mace
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/walnut-holiday-cake-27889 (may not work)