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White Christmas Fruit Cake Custom Search White Christmas Fruit Cake 3 cups chopped, mixed candied fruits 2 +2/3 cups flaked coconut 1 ½ cups golden raisins 1 ½ cups coarsely chopped blanched almonds 1 ½ teaspoons grated orange rind 3 ¾ cups sifted cake flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ¾ teaspoon salt ¾ cup butter 1 ½ cups sugar 6 large eggs ½ cup apple juice 1/3 cup orange juice Fruit Topping (recipe follows)
Combine candied fruits, coconut, raisins, almonds and orange rind in a large bowl. Sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt over the fruit mixture; mix well to coat fruits and almonds evenly. Cream the butter with the sugar until fluffy in a medium-sized bowl; beat in the eggs, one at a time, until creamy-thick. Stir in the apple and orange juices. Pour over the fruit mixture and fold in thoroughly. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, pressing down firmly with a spoon to make the top even. Bake at 275 degrees for 3 hours, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool the cake completely in the pan on a wire rack. Loosen around the edge with a knife; turn out onto the rack and peel off the paper.
Fruit Topping:Mix ¼ cup light corn syrup and ¼ teaspoon grated lemon rind in a 1-cup measure. Cut 1 sliced, candied pineapple into thin wedges. (You’ll need 25 wedges.) Arrange each five around a candied cherry half. Carefully spoon the syrup over the top.
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