North Carolina -CAROLINA FRUITCAKE
1 package each (4 ounces each) of candied orange and lemon peel
1 pound each of candied cherries, pineapple, and citron
2 boxes golden raisins
1 box seedless raisins
1/2 pound each of figs and dates, cut up
2 pounds (8 cups) shelled pecans
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon each of ground nutmeg, cloves, and allspice
Reserve a little of the candied fruit and a few pecan halves to decorate
tops of fruitcakes. Cut cherries into halves, pineapple and citron into
pieces. Break nuts into halves. Mix fruit, flour, and spices thoroughly, so
that each piece of fruit and nut is coated lightly with flour.
Batter
1 pound margarine
2 l/2 cups sugar
12 eggs, beaten
11/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
Cream margarine; add sugar gradually. Add eggs, mixing thoroughly. Stir in
flour and salt until well blended. Pour batter over fruit-nut mixture. Mix
with hands until fruit and nuts are well coated with batter.
Baking and Molding
Spread mixture in a greased roasting pan (17 x 11 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches). Bake
in preheated moderate oven (350°F.) for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to slow
(325°F.) and continue baking for 1 hour. After 45 minutes of second baking,
remove roaster from oven and quickly stir mixture, breaking up the top
crust, scraping sides and bottom of pan. Continue baking 15 minutes. When
done, the batter will lose its gloss and be brown and crumbly. In the
meantime, grease pans you wish to use: loaf pans, muffin pans, coffee cans,
etc. Spoon cake, while hot, into one pan at a time, making a layer about
3/4 -inch thick, pressing firmly, adding another layer, pressing, and so on
until pan is full. Decorate while hot with crystallized fruit and nuts. If
possible, get extra help at this point to help pack mixture into pans. If
batter gets too cold to mold properly, put roaster back in oven to heat for
a few minutes. If packed firmly, cake may be sliced very thin. Makes four 9
x 15 x 3-inch loaves
Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Volume 1, 1966
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