Fruitcake made with applesauce and maraschino cherries.
Ingredients
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- shortening: 1 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- ¼ cups all-purpose flour: 3 piece
- ½ teaspoons baking soda: 1 piece
- ground cinnamon: 2 tsp
- ground allspice: 1 tsp
- ground cloves: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- ½ cups chopped walnuts: 1 piece
- ½ cups raisins: 1 piece
- ½ cups dates, pitted and: 1 piece (chopped)
- maraschino cherries: 0.5 cup (chopped)
- applesauce: 2 cups
- maraschino cherries: 6 piece (halved)
- pecan halves: 6 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line bottom with parchment paper and grease again.
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In large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend well.
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Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Combine 1/2 cup of flour with nuts, raisins, dates and 1/2 cup cherries, stir until coated. Set aside.
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Add remaining 2 3/4 cups flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and salt to egg mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened, then beat 2 minutes on medium speed.
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Fold fruit and nut mixture and applesauce into batter. Pour batter into a 10 inch tube pan. Arrange cherry halves and pecans on top.
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Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 1hour and 15 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. Cool upright in pan 5 minutes. Turn upright onto wire rack and remove pan and parchment paper. Cool completely.
