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Light Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe
Makes 1 fruit cake, appr. 10 servings
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15 min
1 hour
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1/2 pound Butter or Margarine
1 cup White Sugar
3 Eggs, separated into whites and yolks
1 tsp Baking Powder
2 3/4 cups Pastry Flour
1 cup heated Pineapple Juice
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
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2 cups Golden Raisins
1 1/2 cups Red Glazed Cherries
1 1/2 cups Green Glazed Cherries
1 cup Mixed Peel
2 cups Brazil Nuts (or your favourite nut)
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Cream together the butter and sugar.
Add the egg yolks, extract and pineapple juice and mix well.
In a separate bowl, combine the fruit and 1/2 of the flour.
Add the remaining flour and baking powder to the fruit.
Mix the two mixtures together.
Add 3 stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake for 1 hour at 350 F and another hour at 300 F.
To keep the cake moist, add a pan of water to the oven while baking.
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