Two In One Fruitcake

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces pitted dates
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons apple pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup strawberry jelly
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• red and green glazed cherries
• 4 ounces candied pineapple, chopped
• 4 ounces candied red cherries, chopped
• 4 ounces candied citron peel, chopped
• 1 lemon
• 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup apple jelly
• 1/4 cup apple juice

Recipe

• 1 grease a 12 cup ring mold or 2 9x5x3" loaf pans; dust lightly with flour.
• 2 to make dark batter:.
• 3 chop dates and combine with chopped walnuts in a medium size bowl.
• 4 sift flour, apple pie spice, baking powder, salt and baking soda onto waxed paper.
• 5 sprinkle 1/4 cup of mixture over fruit and nuts and toss to coat.
• 6 beat butter, sugar and eggs in large bowl of electric mixer at high speed for 3 minutes, until fluffy; beat in jelly.
• 7 stir in remaining flour mixture alternately with apple juice, beating after each addition until the batter is quite smooth.
• 8 pour batter over prepared fruit and nuts and fold just until well blended.
• 9 to make light batter:.
• 10 combine candied pineapple, cherries and citron in medium size bowl.
• 11 grate lemon rind and add to fruits: pare off membrane; remove seeds; chop lemon; reserve.
• 12 sift flour, baking powdr, salt and baking soda onto waxed paper.
• 13 sprinkle 1/4 cup of mixture over fruits and toss to coat.
• 14 beat butter, sugar and eggs in large bowl of electric mixer at high speed for 3 minutes, until fluffy; stir in chopped lemon.
• 15 stir in remaining flour mixture alternately with apple juice, beating after each addition until the batter is quite smooth.
• 16 pour batter over prepared fruits and fold just until well blended.
• 17 spoon dark batter into 4 evenly spaced sections of prepared ring mold; spoon light batter into remaining 4 spaces in mold.
• 18 bake in slow oven 300 degrees following time for pan selected, or until center springs when lightly pressed with fingertip.
• 19 cool on wire rack in pan for 15 minutes; loosen around edge and tube with a knife; carefully turn out onto wire rack; cool completely.
• 20 to decorate:
• 21 melt apple jelly in a small saucepan; brush over cake; garnish with halved red and green candied cherries.