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| Name: | Willson fruitcake | Contributor: | Shasta Willson |
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| Description: | Willson family recipe fruitcake | Posted: | 2007-12-17 |
| Key words: | nuts, fruit, cake | Category: | Desserts |
| ID: | 851 | Updated: | 2007-12-19 15:32:26 |
| Ingredients: | 1.5 C currants
1 C golden raisins 1 C figs, chopped 1.2 C dried pineapple 1 C mixed other fruit : prunes, apricots, peaches, cherries... Soak in 1.5C boiling H2O and 1/4 C Christian Bros. Brandy for 2 hours. 1.5 C each : brazil nuts, walnuts 1 C each : pecans, almonds Chop coarsely Bowl 1: 2C white flour .5 C wheat germ 1T cinnamon .5 t each mace, allspice .25t each cloves ginger 1t baking soda Bowl 2: .5 C melted butter .75 C honey 1/3 C molasses 2 eggs 1/3 C brandy 1/3 C buttermilk |
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| Preparation: | 1) mix fruit and nuts
2) mix dry and eggy mixtures 3) add 1/2 wet stuff to fruit+nuts 4) add enough wet to coat all the fruit and nuts, but not make it swimming. (Just enough to glue it together.) 5) put in 3 lg loaf pans or 2 large, 2 small and top with a few perfect pecans. 6) bake at 325 until top cracks or loaves pass toothpick test. Put cooled cakes in freezer bags and baste w/ 1/4C brandy. Put in fridge and baste weekly for one month. (Note : I somehow often wind up over-basting and making things a bit soggy. Don't do that. A spoonful every few days seems to work better, and when there's no noticeable moisture, baste the next bit.) |
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| Notes: | My only request is that this recipe be marked as "Willson fruitcake". It's our family recipe, but I can't think of a better legacy than to share it with y'all. | ||
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