Recipe name:
Holiday Fruit Cake
Recipe category:
Cake
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Recipe details:
2 c Sifted all-purpose flour 2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt 1 ts Nutmeg 1/2 ts Mace 1 1/2 c Diced candied pineapple 1 c Candied red cherries -- halved 1 c Candied green cherries -- halved 1 c Golden raisins 1 c Dark raisins 1 1/2 c Pecan halves 1 c Quaker Oats, uncooked -- (quick or old-fashioned) 4 Eggs 2 c Brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 c Vegetable oil 1 c Milk Line bottom of a 10-inch tube pan with waxed paper. Grease and flour well. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add candied fruits, raisins, pecans and oats; stir to coat evenly with flour mixture. Beat eggs until light and fluffy; gradually beat in sugar, oil and milk. Add to fruit mixture; blend well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated slow oven (300 F.) about 2-1/2 hours. Loosen edges with a knife. Cool thoroughly before removing from pan. Wrap tightly and store in cool place. Makes one 10-inch tube cake. Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias |