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Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups butter,
softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
7 eggs, separated
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 pounds diced yellow, green, and red candied
pineapple (about 3 cups)
1 pound red and green candied cherries (about 2 cups)
1/4 pound diced candied citron (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 pound golden raisins (about 1 1/2 cups)
3 cups pecan halves
1 cup black walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Additional candied fruit and nuts (optional)
1/4 cup brandy
Additional brandy
Direction:
Make a liner for a 10-inch tube-pan by drawing a circle
with an 18-inch
diameter on a piece of brown paper. Cut out circle; set
pan in center, and draw around base of pan and inside
tube. Fold circle into eighths, having the drawn lines
on the outside.
Cut off tip end of circle along inside drawn line.
Unfold paper; cut along folds to the outside drawn line.
From another piece of brown paper, cut another circle
with a 10-inch diameter; grease and set aside. Place the
18-inch line in pan; grease and set aside. Cream butter;
gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Stir in flavorings. Beat egg yolks;
alternately add yolks and 3 cups flours to creamed
mixture. Combine candied pineapple, cherries, citron,
golden raisins, pecans, and walnuts in a bowl; dredge
with 1/2 cup flour, stirring to coat well. Stir mixture
into batter. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until
stiff peaks form; fold into butter.
Spoon batter into prepared pan. Arrange additional
candied fruit and nuts on top of batter, if desired.
Cover pan with 10-inch brown paper circle, greased side
down. Bake at 250 degrees for about 4 hours or until
cake tests dones. Remove from oven. Take off paper
cover, and slowly pour 1/4 cup brandy evenly over cake;
cool completely on wire rack.
Remove cake from pan; peel paper liner from cake. Wrap
cake in brandy-soaked cheesecloth. Store in an airtight
in a cool place up to 3 weeks; pour a small amount of
brandy over cake each week. Yield: one 10-inch cake.
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