Dark Fruitcake With Grand Marnier
Ingredients
2 cups of cherries, cut in half
2 cups of pineapple, cut in chunks
6 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 sticks unsalted butter
3 Large Paper sacks
Preparation
1
Cover and soak fruit for at least 24 hours in equal parts of Grand Marnier and Peach Wine. Drain fruit well before using.
2
Have all ingredients at room temp, preheat oven to 300 and grease and line bottom and sides of pans with paper bag and Crisco.
3
Sift together
4
Cups all purpose flour
6
T baking soda
7
T ground cinnamon
8
T ground nutmeg
9
T ground mace
10
T ground cloves
11
In a large bowl beat until creamy about 30 seconds:
12
Sticks unsalted butter
14
Cup dark molasses
17
Add the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with 3/4 cup of brandy or wine (Grand Marnier)
19
Drain fruit.
20
Add 2 cups chopped nuts (I used a mixture of walnuts and pecans toss this with flour and shake off excess, add to cake batter.
21
Scrape into pan and bake for 3 1/2 hours, if cake is getting too dark, place foil on it for the last 30 – 60 minutes.
23
I then poured GM onto linen towel and wrapped it around cake and drizzled more on top… note it is just as good without doing this, but I always do at least a small one with the booze!
Tools
.
Yield:
2 servings
Added:
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 12:30am
