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

Recipe information

Cooking:

10 min.

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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.