fruitcake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons ground allspice
• 2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 cups dried mixed fruit
• 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
• 1 3/4 cups

Recipe

• preheat oven to 225 degrees f (110 degrees c). grease and flour a tube pan.
• in a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, 1/2 cup , fruit, nuts, and melted butter or margarine. mix thoroughly. pour into prepared pan.
• bake for 1 hour, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. cool on a wire rack.
• wrap cooled cake in foil. sprinkle 2 tablespoons over the cake everyday for 2 weeks.