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mama's poor man fruitcake

(1 rating)
starryrose avatar
Recipe by
star pooley
@starryrose
Bullhead City, AZ

This recipe was my grandmothers'. I normally do not like fruitcake, but this one is not as heavy.

(1 rating)
prep time 25 Min
cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For mama's poor man fruitcake

  • 1 stick
    butter or margerine
  • 2 c
    granulated sugar
  • 2
    eggs
  • 4 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp
    ground clove
  • 1 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    baking soda
  • 1 lg
    bottle maraschino cherries, drained
  • 1 box
    raisins
  • 5 c
    water
  • 1 lb
    walnuts, broken into pieces

How To Make mama's poor man fruitcake

  • 1
    Boil the raisins in water for 15 minutes; Drain, reserving 2 cups of the water.
  • 2
    Grease and flour a large tube pan.
  • 3
    In a large bowl, stir together flour, cloves, cinnamon and salt.
  • 4
    In a medium bowl, cream the eggs, butter and sugar; add 2 cups of the raisin water and mix well.
  • 5
    Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix well.
  • 6
    Mix in raisins, cherries, nut and baking soda.
  • 7
    Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife inserted comes out clean; Cool.
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