This is a light fruit cake that is excellent for a wedding cake. This cake can be cooked in other size pans, just fill the pans 3/4 full.
Provided by Carol
Categories Desserts Cakes Wedding Cake Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Line the bottom and sides of two greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pans, and 1 round 4 1/2 inch x 3 inch deep pan with brown paper. Grease the paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together cherries, pineapple, raisins, mixed peel, 1 cup pecans, and 1 cup flour. Mix until fruit is coated with flour.
- In another large bowl, cream the butter or margarine and sugar together. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in orange juice and vanilla. Combine 5 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Stir in floured fruit and nuts. Mix. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Fill each pan 3/4 full. Arrange split almonds over tops.
- Bake for about 3 hours, until toothpick comes out clean. Cover with foil if top gets too dark while baking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 618 calories, Carbohydrate 104.8 g, Cholesterol 87.2 mg, Fat 20.8 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 7.8 g, SaturatedFat 10.5 g, Sodium 240.8 mg, Sugar 57.3 g
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