japanese fruit cake

How To Make japanese fruit cake

• 1

  cream butter and sugar,add eggs one at a time, slowly add flour, baking powder,salt and vanilla,mix well. Divide dough into for 4 equal parts, fill two 8in. buttered, floured, and papered pans with half the mixture, Add to the other half of mixture 1 lb. diced mixed fruit {I use candied pineapple, candied red and green cherries and candied dates} 1/2 cup raisins,1 cup chopped pecans.
• 2

  add to other half of cake mixture, pour into to the other two 8 in. pans that have also been buttered, floured and papered. Bake on the middle shelf of oven for 25 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 3

  While cake is cooking make a Filling of 2 cups sugar, 2 cups water 4 teas. cornstarch 1 8oz. can of coconut simmer for 15 min. cool, and add grated rind and juice of 2 lemons. Mix together and pour small amounts of filling between fruited layer, plain layer, fruited layer, and plain layer then pour remainder of filling over the entire top of cake.
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