Name: Grandma Leach's Fruitcake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 4 cups; White sugar - 2 cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup; Cornstarch - 2 tablespoons; Baking soda - 2 teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Ground cinnamon - 2 teaspoons; Ground cloves - 2 teaspoons; Unsweetened applesauce - 3 cups; Vegetable oil - ¾ cup; Raisins - 1 cup; Chopped pitted dates - 1 cup; Candied mixed fruit - 1 pound; Chopped walnuts - 2 cups; Walnut halves (Optional) - ½ cup; Halved candied cherries (Optional) - 1 cup

Ingredients for - Grandma Leach's Fruitcake

1. All-purpose flour 4 cups

2. White sugar 2 cups

3. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup

4. Cornstarch 2 tablespoons

5. Baking soda 2 teaspoons

6. Salt 1 teaspoon

7. Ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons

8. Ground cloves 2 teaspoons

9. Unsweetened applesauce 3 cups

10. Vegetable oil ¾ cup

11. Raisins 1 cup

12. Chopped pitted dates 1 cup

13. Candied mixed fruit 1 pound

14. Chopped walnuts 2 cups

15. Walnut halves (Optional) ½ cup

16. Halved candied cherries (Optional) 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Grandma Leach's Fruitcake

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch tube pan and one 9x5 inch loaf pan.

2 . Stage

Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves into a large bowl. Stir in the applesauce and oil, then mix in the raisins, dates, mixed fruit and 2 cups of walnuts. Pour into the prepared pans. Pans should be about 3/4 full if using mini pans, or an assortment.

3 . Stage

Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean.

4 . Stage

Cool cake and decorate with walnut halves and candied cherry halves.