Cocoa Fruitcake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
1 fruitcake
- Serves:
- 12-16
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon brandy extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons hershey's cocoa
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups candied red cherries, cut in half
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 1⁄2 cup diced mixed candied fruit
- powdered sugar (optional)
directions
- Heat oven to 325*. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan. In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla and brandy extract until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well.
- Stir together flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder; add alternetely with buttermilk to butter mixture, beating just until blended. Stir together cherries, pecans, raisins and mixed fruit; fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 1 hour and 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Immediately wrap in foil. Allow to stand overnight before serving. To serve, sprinkle powdered sugar over top, if desired.
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