Recipe of Fruitcake

Fruitcake in the days only made during Christmas because the only time you could get walnuts, cherries, and some other ingredients was in the fall of the year. Here now gather up your ingredients and set them on your table, all ingredients need to be at room temperature.

Recipe of Fruitcake Ingredients :
•    1 lb. Sugar
•    1 pound white raisins
•    1 pound butter
•    1 lb. candies pineapple
•    12 eggs
•    1 lb. red and green candied cherries
•    1 lb. bakers flaked coconut
•    1 pound walnut meats
•    1 tablespoon of baking soda dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
•    1 pound flour
•    2 cups brandy--any brand

Recipe of Fruitcake Methods :
•    Soak the raisins, walnuts, cherries, coconut and pineapple with 2 cups brandy overnight in a stainless steel bowl
•    In a 5 quart mixing bowl cream butter and sugar, then add eggs slowly, then add your flour and blend well, add the baking soda and water and mix a minute more, add all other ingredients and mix until well blended
•    Now you are going to bake it in a 2 pound pan, or in the pan of your choice, foil or hard pan, line the pan with wax paper or baking paper or better yet a pan liner the size of the pan
•    For a 2 pound pan, Place 1 pound 12 ounces of the mixture in the pan and level it with a spoon, don't bang it on the table
•    Bake it in a 350 degree preheated oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes, depends on your oven and how brown you want it

It's done when a pick is placed in the center and it comes out clean. Let it cool on a rack for a while and then sprinkle it with 1 ounce of brandy and then another ounce when it is cool and then pack it away for about 3 days in your refrigerator and then “enjoy it”.