Candied Holiday Fruitcake
- 3 cups pecans chopped
- 2 cups candied pineapple chopped
- 3/4 cup candied cherries chopped
- 13 cup candied orange peel chopped
- 1 3/4 cups flour, all-purpose plus 3 tbsp
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 x powdered sugar
- Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 250F.
- Grease and flour 12 cup bundt pan or tube cake pan.
- In large bowl, mix pecans and fruits with 3 tablespoons flour.
- In another large bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time.
- Stir in vanilla and lemon extracts.
- Sift 1 3/4 cups flour with baking powder and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to batter; stir until blended.
- Mix fruit mixture into batter.
- Pout batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until golden brown and testr inserted into centre comes out clean, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes.
- Turn out onto rack and cool.
- Note: Can be prepare 2 weeks ahead; wrap in foil and store at room temperature.
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
pecans, pineapple, candied cherries, candied orange, flour, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon extract, baking powder, salt, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/candied-holiday-fruitcake-39292 (may not work)