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Festive Fruitcake

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A home-kitchen version of festive fruitcake, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.

Festive Fruitcake
Total
115 min
Level
Hard

Ingredients

  • 2 c. water
  • 2 Tbsp. oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 (16.6 oz.) pkg. date bread mix or (15.4 oz.) nut bread mix
  • 2 c. chopped pecans
  • 2 c. raisins
  • 2 c. (12 to 13 oz.) candied cherries
  • 1 c. candied pineapple, cut up
  • corn syrup (if desired)

Method

  1. Heat oven to 350°.

  2. Grease and flour sides and bottom of tube pan.

  3. In large bowl, combine water, oil and eggs.

  4. Add remaining ingredients (except syrup).

  5. Stir by hand until combined.

  6. Pour into prepared pan and bake 75 to 85 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean on low oven rack.

  7. Cool in pan 30 minutes.

  8. Loosen and remove from pan.

  9. Cool completely.

  10. Wrap to keep refrigerated (2 weeks) or freeze (3 months).

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