Grandma Bettie's Light Fruit Cake
Recipe by Leanne Mentz from allrecipes.com
Dessert 338 Hr. 45 Mins.
Ingredients
20
20 servings
- •2 cups candied cherries
- •1 cup raisins
- •1 cup blanched almonds
- •1 cup dried pineapple pieces
- •3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, divided
- •2 cups white sugar
- •1 ½ cups butter
- •6 eggs
- •1 teaspoon baking powder
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1 teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line two loaf pans with parchment paper.
- Coat cherries, raisins, almonds, and pineapple with 1 cup flour.
- Beat sugar, butter, and eggs together until creamy. Sift remaining flour with baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture; stir in vanilla and almond extracts. Fold in the fruit and almond mixture. Spoon batter into the prepared pans and spread evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Wrap cakes tightly and let age in a cool place for 2 to 4 weeks.
Nutritional Facts
Per 20 servings
- Calories: 429
- Carbohydrate: 59g
- Fat: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Sugar: 33g
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