7 fruitcake your Recipes

margarine, sugar (brown or white, your choice ), raisins, currants, candied peel, water, eggs, beaten, salt, baking soda, heaping tsp mixed spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice), all-purpose flour, self-rising flour

whole candied cherries, dark raisins, mixed candied fruit (of your choice), mixed nuts , your choice of nuts (not salted), all-purpose flour, vegetable oil, firmly-packed brown sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground allspice, ground cinnamon, fresh-squeezed orange juice orange juice

eggs, well beaten, butter, brown sugar, currants, citron, candied orange peel or 1/2 lb candied lemon peel, dates, chopped, white raisins, candied cherry, candied pineapple, honey, molasses, brandy or 1/2 cup sherry wine or 1/2 cup cider, mixed nuts, chopped, flour, cinnamon, mace, baking powder

fruitcakes get an awful lot of bad press , especially the mass produced varieties, but a rich homemade version can be incredibly delicious., fruitcake is a mixture of fruits and nuts with just enough batter to hold them together. when wrapped in cloth and foil, saturated with alcoholic liquors regularly, and kept in in tightly closed tins, a fruitcake may be kept for months or even years, have it your way ..., if there are certain fruits you don tsp like , you can always include more of another, or some of your own favorites. dried fruits cooked in juice can take the place of candied fruits, and seeds can replace nuts. to convert a favorite dark fruitcake recipe to a light fruitcake, leave out the dark spices, use light colored fruits (golden raisins, dried apricots, etc.), and replace dark corn syrup or molasses with light corn syrup

brown sugar, water, crisco shortening, salt, cinnamon, raisins, dried mixed candied fruit (the stuff they sell during the holidays. leftovers can be kept in the freezer for next years fruitca), chopped walnuts (or your favorite ), maraschino cherry , drained. the liquid can be saved and used for part of the water called for, flour, baking soda , dissolved in, water