Ambrosia's famous christmas cake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | All purpose flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Nutmeg |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| 1 | teaspoon | Brandy extract and/or |
| ¼ | cup | Brandy |
| 1 | cup | Sweet shredded coconut |
| 1 | cup | Golden brown sugar |
| 1 | cup | Dark old fashioned brown sugar |
| 1 | pounds | Unsalted butter |
| ¾ | cup | Pineapple wedges |
| ¾ | cup | Mixed fruit |
| ¾ | cup | Lexia raisins |
| ¾ | cup | Thompson raisins |
| ¾ | cup | Golden raisins |
| ¾ | cup | Chopped dates |
| ¾ | cup | Chopped pecans |
| ¾ | cup | Sliced blanched almonds |
| ¾ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
| ½ | cup | Citron peel |
| ½ | cup | Orange and lemon peel |
| ½ | cup | Assorted melon cubes |
| ½ | cup | Glace cherries |
| ½ | cup | Green cherries |
| ½ | cup | Currants |
| ½ | cup | Blackstrap molasses |
| ½ | cup | Pure apple juice |
| 12 | Egg yolks | |
| 12 | Egg whites | |
Directions
Mix fruit with 2 cups flour mixture. Heat oven to 275 degrees. line with wax paper and grease 6 loaf pans 8" x 4½" X 2 ½" deep. Beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg yolks. Then mix in alternately just until smooth remaining flour mixture, juice and molasses. Turn into a large container and stir in fruit mix by hand. beat egg whites until soft peaks are formed and fold in to mixture.
Bake for approximately 2 hours. yields 6 loaves Wrap well in foil. Can add brandy or rum at intervals.
Decorations: Pineapple rings, maraschino cherries,pecans and or walnut halves marzipan, etc....
>From Ambrosia Natural foods recipe as posted in the Toronto Star.
Posted to Recipe Archive - 08 Dec 96 submitted by: mooreb@...
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 96 2:31:52 EST