Rich fruitcake

Name: Rich fruitcake
Prep time: 1470 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 1620 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 250 g dates finely sliced; 100 g apricots quartered; 250 g fruitcake mix; 100 g raisins; currants; 100 g mixed citrus peel finely sliced; 175 g ginger preserve, finely sliced; 500 g green fig preserve chopped; 500 g glacé cherries; 125 ml brandy; 250 g butter softened; 375 ml castor sugar; eggs large, at room temperature; slightly lukewarm; 5 ml vanilla essence; 500 ml flour cake; 2.5 ml salt; 500 g pecan nuts roughly chopped; 125 - 250 ml brandy

12 servings Prep: 24 hrs 30 mins, Cooking: 2 hrs 30 mins

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Take the time to make this cake that could possibly last you six months.

By Food24 January 18 2010

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Ingredients (20)

FRUIT MIXTURE

250 g	dates — finely sliced
100 g	apricots — quartered
250 g	fruitcake mix
100 g	raisins
	currants
100 g	mixed citrus peel — finely sliced
175 g	ginger — preserve, finely sliced
500 g	green fig preserve — chopped
500 g	glacé cherries
125 ml	brandy

BATTER

250 g	butter — softened
375 ml	castor sugar
	eggs — large, at room temperature

	slightly lukewarm
5 ml	vanilla — essence
500 ml	flour — cake
2.5 ml	salt
500 g	pecan nuts — roughly chopped
125 - 250 ml	brandy