Old English Fruit Cake

Name: Old English Fruit Cake
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound butter; 1 pound brown sugar light or dark; 12 eggs; 4 cups all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons mace ground; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 pound candied fruit mixed; 1 pound candied cherries; 1 pound muscat raisins seeded; 1 pound raisins seedless; 1 pound currants; 1 pound pitted dates cut in pieces; 1/2 pound citron diced, optional; 1 pound walnuts broken, or nuts of your choice; 1 cup rum or brandy; 1/2 cup brewed coffee double-strength; 2 oranges large, grated peel and juice of; 1 lemon grated peel and juice of

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1 lb. butter

1 lb. brown sugar (light or dark)

12 eggs

4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 tsp. mace (ground)

2 tsp. ground cloves

1 tsp. ground allspice

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

1 tsp. salt

1 lb. candied fruit (mixed)

1 lb. candied cherries

1 lb. muscat raisins (seeded)

1 lb. raisins (seedless)

1 lb. currants

1 lb. pitted dates (cut in pieces)

1/2 lb. citron (diced, optional)

1 lb. walnuts (broken, or nuts of your choice)

1 cup rum (or brandy)

1/2 cup brewed coffee (double-strength)

2 oranges (large, grated peel and juice of)

1 lemon (grated peel and juice of)

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Annabelle Whitehead-Broad 2 years ago

Absolutely incredible - I haven't aged mine yet but I had a nibble and it is everything a good fruit cake should be. I couldn't find citron so I omitted it and I also couldn't afford all the muscatel raisins, so I subbed 127g with raisins and currants. I would strongly recommend you go to the effort of finding mace; it really adds some oomf to the cake. This is surely going to be my go-to recipe.

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