German Fruit Cake | Holiday Fruit Cake
A 70+ year old tried and true family recipe that has been passed on through the generations. A densely rich cake bursting with sweetened fruit and robust spices that is a must make recipe every Christmas season.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs candied mixed fruit
- 1/2 lb red candied cherries
- 1/2 lb green candied cherries
- 1 can crushed pineapple, well drained (20oz)
- 15.5 oz unsweetened apple sauce
- 3 tsp baking soda, mixed into the applesauce)
- 1 box seedless raisins (12oz)
- 1/2 lb walnut meats
- 2 tsp allspice
- 2 tsp nutmeg
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 3 c sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- 4 c all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
- Cream butter with electric mixer
- Add sugar, cream well
- Add spices and salt
- Add eggs and beat well
- Add the fruits, alternating with flour - the mixture will become VERY thick. You will need to switch to a heavy duty wooden spoon to mix
- Stir in applesauce
- Line tube pan or large bundt pan with wax paper
- Fill pan 1/2 - 3/4 full
- Bake around 3 hours, checking regularly around the 2 1/2 hour mark with a toothpick. When the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is ready
- Let cool until you can carefully unmold the cake
- *Optional: the original recipe calls for cherries and pineapple rings to be placed on top of the cake once it comes out of the oven. My mother-in-law does not do this
- This recipe makes about 2 cakes! We baked 1 large bundt cake and 1 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan with this recipe
Nutrition
Calories: 1071kcalCarbohydrates: 222gProtein: 12gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 528mgPotassium: 326mgFiber: 9gSugar: 138gVitamin A: 214IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 183mgIron: 6mg
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