Stir Up Sunday White Fruitcake Recipe

This is a simple fruitcake to make and has a mild flavor.  It is a great fruitcake for people who do not like fruitcake! :)

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 1/2 c. butter, softened

1 T. vanilla extract

1 T. lemon extract

5 eggs

7 1/2 cups (total) dried fruits and nuts (I use 3 cups pecan pieces, 2 cups apricots, 2 cups dried glace cherries, 1/2 cup white raisins but you can use any combination including dark raisins, walnuts, dried glace pineapple, dried glace cranberries, etc.)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Grease well and lightly flour either 2 eight inch cake pans or one jelly roll pan. 

Cream butter and sugar briefly.  Add flour, salt, baking powder and extracts.  Add eggs one at a time.  Then add all of dried glace fruits and nuts.  Mix all together and place in pan(s).  Bake until done 30-60 minutes on two eight inch pans, 20 minutes on the jellyroll pan.  Done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cut into rectangular/square pieces the size of an average brownie.

Serves 16.  I make a double batch and store in tins until Christmas.

Ok, who am I kidding.  About half of it makes it until Christmas and the rest is eaten throughout Advent. :)

Comments

[Katherine in TX]

Thanks for the recipe. I really don't like fruitcake, so when I learned of Stir-up Sunday I was really disappointed. But this recipe sounds delicious. We're going to try it and hope to start a new family tradition. God bless.

[Theresa]

Ok, I'm going to give this one a try!
Thanks, Rebecca!

[stefoodie]

oh my! another one to add to my list! thanks for sharing, rebecca!

[Katherine in TX]

It was AWESOME!

[Jennifer]

Rebecca, this sounds so good. And I love your fruit choices - that is exactly what I would chose.

[Jennifer in TX]

Rebecca,
I had some of this yummy cake at Katherine's yesterday and it was delcious!!! I am going to go pick up the ingredients today to make my own...and it is pretty healthy so I can have a lot and tell myself it's for the baby! ;)

[Genevieve]

My dear, it was absolutely yummy! And thank goodness everyone in our family loves it my clothes have a little "give" *grinz*

[Jennifer in TX]

Rebecca!
So glad you have this recipe posted--the memory of this fruitcake was so deliciously vivid that I mentioned it to Katherine a few weeks ago--she said I should email you for it when it came closer to Advent...:) Printing it off now! God bless you!