Banana Fruitcake 1983
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 10inch tube cake
- Serves:
- 1
ingredients
- 2 cups chopped dried apricots
- 3 cups chopped dried prunes
- 1⁄4 cup chopped dates
- 2 cups mixed dried fruit, and peel
- 2 cups raisins
- 1⁄2 cup brandy
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 ripe mashed bananas
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecans
directions
- Soak all the fruit in the brandy overnite covered.
- Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
- Combine all dry ingredients and add to butter mixture, bananas, and fruit one third at a time, until all combined.
- Fold in the pecans.
- Bake in a preheated oven 250 degrees F.
- Pour into a 10 inch pan and bake for 4 hours.
- (I would use a tube pan, greased and floured.) Cool slightly when removed.
- Wrap in a brandy soaked cheesecloth, then in foil.
- Keep in a air tight tin.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
andypandy
Canada
Grandmother of two boys, great grandmother of one ...worked in hardware and construction for forty years, read all cookbooks, watch all cook shows on tv. like to cook all types of new recipes.