This is my 90-year-old grandmother's recipe. Very simple.
Ingredients
- packed brown sugar: 2 cups
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- baking soda: 1 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 2 Tbsp
- ground cloves: 2 Tbsp
- ground allspice: 2 Tbsp
- ground nutmeg: 2 Tbsp
- eggs: 4 piece
- lemon zest: 2 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 2 Tbsp
- brandy: 0.5 cup
- ½ cups raisins: 1 piece
- ½ cups chopped nuts: 1 piece
- ½ cups dried mixed fruit: 1 piece
- ½ cups butter: 1 piece (melted)
- ¾ cups brandy: 1 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
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In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, 1/2 cup brandy, fruit, nuts, and melted butter or margarine. Mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
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Wrap cooled cake in foil. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons brandy over the cake everyday for 2 weeks.
