Black Fruit Cake CHRISTMAS RECIPE

Black Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

1 lb. butter 
1 pt. stout
1 qt. rum
2 lbs. flour
1 tsp. allspice
3 lbs. brown sugar
1 lb. of each fruit

o Raisins

o Prunes

o Currants

o Dates

o Cherries

o Pecans

½ pt. caramel coloring
8 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. nutmeg

Directions:

Stew all the fruit with 1 lb. brown sugar and rum. Cook the mixture until the liquid becomes thick syrup. Let the fruits cool overnight.

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter along with 2 lbs. brown sugar and add in eggs one at time. Then add flour, baking powder, all spice, stout and caramel coloring one at a time to the mixture. Lastly, fold the stewed fruit to the mixture. To avoid having the stewed fruit sink to the bottom of the mixture, drain them, mix with 1 beaten egg and dredge in flour before adding it to the batter.

Now, line your cake pans with parchment paper and fill about ¾ ways with the batter. Bake at 270˚F for about 3 hours.

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