{"id":3265,"date":"2010-12-08T22:54:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T02:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2010-12-08T22:54:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T02:54:30","slug":"fruitcake-recipe-per-my-nieces-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3265","title":{"rendered":"Fruitcake recipe, per my niece’s request."},"content":{"rendered":"

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My mom would make it in early November and wrap it in cheesecloth soaked in brandy until Christmas.  So it is fruity and nutty and a little boozey. <\/p>\n

The recipe – typical of ALL of my mother’s recipe is basically a list of ingredients with  temperature and baking times tacked on the end. <\/p>\n

Fruitcake: <\/p>\n

2 cups flour <\/p>\n

1 3\/4 cup sugar <\/p>\n

1 tsp. baking powder <\/p>\n

1 pint marachino cherries <\/p>\n

1\/2 lb. candied pineapple <\/p>\n

1 lb. dates <\/p>\n

1\/2 lbs pecans <\/p>\n

1\/2 lbs. walnuts <\/p>\n

1 lb. candied fruit mix <\/p>\n

5 eggs, beaten <\/p>\n

BAKE at 250 degrees F for 2 1\/2  to  3 hours. <\/p>\n

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Just smell the deep and festive mix of  fruit and nuts!   \"Fruitcake<\/a> <\/p>\n

CLOSE UP!!! <\/p>\n

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Add flour, sugar and baking powder and stir until all of the flour and sugar is incorporated. <\/p>\n

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This smells so good! <\/p>\n

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add beaten eggs  to mixture  and stir well. <\/p>\n

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The dough is thick and looks very sticky. <\/p>\n

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Grease pans liberally and use wax or parchment paper to keep mixture from sticking to sides of your pan. <\/p>\n

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Now you can decorate the cakes, using candied pineapple and the red and green glacee cherries.  Cut the green pineapple into leaf shapes and the red into petals- pop some cherries in for the centers and you have bright and happy little fruitcakes! <\/p>\n

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You can make them in smaller sizes or in a large loaf pan- just make sure that you use parchment or wax paper and lots of Pam to keep them from sticking. <\/p>\n

Happy Holidays- and don’t forget to wrap them in whiskey or brandy soaked cheesecloth for a couple of weeks, at least!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My mom would make it in early November and wrap it in cheesecloth soaked in brandy until Christmas.  So it is fruity and nutty and a little boozey. The recipe – typical of ALL of my mother’s recipe is basically … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}