Fruit Cake

Submitted by Granny-Nell Hutchins on January 19, 2017 - 10:24am

Summary

Yield
SourceOdell Lawson
Prep Time30 minutes
CategoryCakes
CuisineAmerican
Tagsfruit cake

Description

Ingredients

  • 1 qt nuts, chopped
  • 1 lb Dates, chopped
  • 1/2 lb Cherries, chopped
  • 1/2 lb pineapple, chopped
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 tsps baking powder
  • 4 egg yolks (reserve whites)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 4 egg whites

Instructions

Place all chopped up fruit in large bowl. Cover with 1cup flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder.
Beat egg yolks and add 1 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of vanilla; beat until fluffy.
Pour over nuts and fruit mixture.
Beat egg whites (not too dry) and fold in the above mixture.
Grease and flour a baking pan, it could be large loaf pan or Bundt pan.
Bake on 250° for two hours.

Notes

This recipe was submitted by Caroline Hutchins Corbell. Odell Lawson lived up the road from Nell. It was where Nell would go get water, because she had a good well.... Cindy Carswell. 

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