This cake uses Golden Delicious apples.

Golden Delicious Fruitcake

Ingredients

• 3 cups Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 cups mixed candied fruit, diced
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
• 1 cups dates, chopped
• 3 cups flour, divided
• 1 teapsoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter flavor shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 4 eggs

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease a 10" tube pan, line with brown unprinted paper or parchment and grease again.
2. Combine apples, candied fruit, pecans and dates with 1/2 of the flour to separate fruit. Combine remaining flour with dry ingredients. Cream well the shortening with the sugars. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in dry ingredients and beat smooth. Stir in the fruit mixture. Turn batter into prepared pan.
3. Place a shallow baking dish half filled with water on oven rack below fruitcake. Bake fruitcake for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until wooden pick inserted near center tests clean. Cool in pan. Remove from pan and wrap in foil or plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.

Notes

 

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe from adapted from a clipping from FoodDay section, from The Oregonian, early '90s. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on October 12, 2020.