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Ingredients
| salted butter: 1 cup |
| seedless raisins (packed): 1 1/2 cups |
| candied citron: 0.5 lb |
| almonds: 0.25 lb |
| canned maraschino cherries: 3/4 cup (drained) |
| all-purpose flour (sifted): 2 1/2 cups |
| baking powder: 1 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| almond extract: 1 tsp |
| rosewater: 2 tsp |
| lemon zest: 1 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 1 1/4 cups |
| eggs: 4 |
| lemon juice: 1 1/2 Tbl |
Light Fruitcake
Credit: AllRecipes
User rating:
"This light fruitcake is what some people prefer, and my mother always made both kinds for everyone's taste at Christmas. This recipe is also very old. Originally submitted to CakeRecipe.com."
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Servings
24 serving(s)
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Directions
- Wash and dry raisins. Cut peel in paper-thin strips. Blanch almonds, and slice lengthwise. Slice cherries in half. Combine fruit and nuts in large bowl, and add 1/2 cup of the sifted flour; mix until fruit is well coated.
- Grease and line cake pans with 3 layers of heavy waxed paper, or 2 layers brown paper. These round pans are at least 3 inches deep. The small pan is 6 inches across, and the medium size pan is 9 inches across. Grease again. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
- Cream butter until fluffy; add extracts and lemon rind. Gradually add sugar, mixing until creamy. Beat eggs until light and lemon-colored, and add into creamed mixture. Beat together well.
- Sift together remaining 2 cups flour with the baking powder and salt. Add these dry ingredients alternately with fruit and nut mixture, folding in gently until well combined. Stir in lemon juice.
- Turn batter into prepared cake tins, filling 2/3 full and spreading batter evenly. Bake small cake for 1 1/2 hours, and the medium size cake for 2 hours. Remove from oven. Allow to stand in tin 5 minutes. Turn cake out on wire cake rack to cool.