Ingredients for - Grandma Leone's Fruit Cake

1. Water 3 cups
2. Raisins 1 ½ cups
3. All-purpose flour 3 cups
4. Ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons
5. Baking powder 1 ½ tablespoons
6. Baking soda 1 tablespoon
7. Salt ½ teaspoon
8. Pecan halves 1 pound
9. All-purpose flour 2 tablespoons
10. White sugar 2 cups
11. Canola oil 1 ½ cups
12. Eggs, beaten 4
13. Candied fruit 3 cups

How to cook deliciously - Grandma Leone's Fruit Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x8-inch baking pans.

2 . Stage

Bring water and raisins to a boil in a saucepan; cook until raisins are plump, about 2 minutes. Drain and cool raisins; reserve raisin water.

3 . Stage

Mix 3 cups flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Place pecans and 2 tablespoons flour in a resealable plastic bag; close and shake bag until pecans are coated. Pour pecans into a colander and shake off excess flour.

4 . Stage

Whisk sugar, oil, eggs, and cooled raisin water together in a bowl; fold in candied fruit. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into sugar mixture until fully incorporated; fold in raisins and pecans. Fill the prepared pans a little over half full.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C); bake until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 more hour.