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Arizona Bittinger's Thanksgiving Fruit Cake with Lola Schoppert's
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Arizona Bittinger's Thanksgiving Fruit Cake with Lola Schoppert's

A Uncategorized recipe with butter or crisco, sugar, eggs beaten. Ready in –, serves 4.

Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳

Calories
kcal
Estimated Cost
350-500
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

10 steps
  1. 1

    Cream sugar and shortening well.

    sugar(1 c)
  2. 2

    Add beaten eggs, then the molasses; mix well.

    eggs beaten(4)brer rabbit molasses yellow label(2 c)
  3. 3

    Add soda to buttermilk and beat until foamy, then add to other ingredients.

    butter or crisco(1 c)soda(1 tsp)buttermilk(1/4 c)
  4. 4

    Measure the flour and add the spices to it and sift together 2 to 3 times.

    flour(5 c)
  5. 5

    Have the nut meats, raisins, currants and candied fruits in separate containers and take a couple of tablespoons of the flour and mix through each thoroughly.

    each citron orange peel lemon peel(1/2 c)candied pineapple cut up(2 slices)each nutmeg allspice and cloves(1 tsp)currants(1 lb)seedless raisins(1 lb)candied cherries(1/2 c)flour(5 c)
  6. 6

    Start adding a handful of each to the first mixture along with the flour until all is in, then mix well.

    each citron orange peel lemon peel(1/2 c)each nutmeg allspice and cloves(1 tsp)flour(5 c)
  7. 7

    Grease funnel pan and cut heavy brown paper to line the bottom and sides (such as a large grocery sack).

  8. 8

    Fill the pan 3/4 full and bake at 250° (slow oven) for 2 1/2 hours or until tested done.

  9. 9

    After I put the batter in the pan, I decorate the top with thin slices of the candied pineapple and halves of candied cherries and halves of English walnuts.

    candied pineapple cut up(2 slices)english walnut kernels 1 lb shelled lola use 2 lb nuts(1/2 lb)candied cherries(1/2 c)
  10. 10

    I get two cakes out of this batch.

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