Rich fruitcake
12 servings
Prep: 24 hrs 30 mins,
Cooking: 2 hrs 30 mins
Take the time to make this cake that could possibly last you six months.
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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 |
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