Recipe for Yuletide Dark Fruit Cake
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YULETIDE DARK FRUIT CAKE

    Yuletide Dark Fruit Cake

    3/4 cup diced citron
    3/4 cup diced candied orange peel
    3/4 cup diced candied lemon peel
    4 cups halved candied cherries
    6 cups slivered candied pineapple
    1 2/3 cups chopped dates
    2 cups dark seedless raisins
    1 (16 ounce) can pitted sour cherries, drained
    1/2 cup honey
    1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons brandy
    4 cups chopped pecans
    1 cup softened butter
    2 cups firmly packed brown sugar, sieved
    7 eggs
    5 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1 tablespoon cinnamon
    1 teaspoon allspice
    1 teaspoon cloves
    1 teaspoon nutmeg
    1 (10 ounce) jar grape jelly

    Combine fruits, honey, vanilla extract and brandy; cover; soak for two to three days.

    Add nuts to soaked fruit mixture; mix well, then set aside.

    Cream butter; add sugar, then cream again. Beat in eggs two at a time. Add sifted dry ingredients. Stir in jelly; blend. Pour batter over fruit-nut mixture; mix well. Pour into 2 prepared 10 x 4-inch tube pans. Bake at 250 degrees F for 3 hours and 50 minutes to 4 hours.

    Cool completely; remove from pans.


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