Bourbon Fruit Cake
Author/Submitted by: Ella Bailey, Anniston, Alabama Servings: 1 Categories:
Cakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 8
ounces
pitted dates 1
quart
pecans,
or walnuts
3
slices
candied pineapple 1
cup
candied cherries,
red
1
cup
candied cherries,
green
1
cup
golden raisins 4
eggs 1
cup
sugar 1
cup
flour 2
teaspoons
baking powder 1/2
teaspoon
salt 1
teaspoon
vanilla 1/3
cup
bourbon
Directions:
Flour each piece of fruit sot that it stands out alone. (I sprinkle with a shaker)
Beat together until fluffly the eggs and sugar.
Add flour baking powder, salt and vanilla. Add fruit and nuts. Add bourbon.
Bake in 250 degree oven for 2 1/2 hours. top will e brown and crusty. It dries more thank bakes really. Add fruit and nuts to top of cake for decorations.
Makes 2 loves, they are not thick loaves.
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