Orange Pinapple Fruit Cake
Lisa
Excellent for the holidays. Bake ahead of time. DELICIOUS flavor gets better with age.
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 8 ounces orange-flavored fruit slice jelly candies, chopped and floured
- 8 ounces candied pineapple, chopped and floured
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 cup pineapple-flavored rum
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
directions
- 1
-Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- 2
-Cream butter
- 3
-Add sugar and whip until light an fluffy
- 4
-Add to sugar mixture one egg at a time and mix.
- 5
-Sift flour, salt, and soda together.
- 6
-Alternate mixing flour mixture and buttermilk into sugar mixture.
- 7
-Fold in orange slices, dates, nuts, and coconut.
- 8
-Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
- 9
-Bake at 300 degrees F for 1 3/4 to 2 hours.
- 10
-Adjust time according to pan size.
- 11
-Remove cake from oven.
- 12
-Mix together rum and confectioner’s sugar.
- 13
-Pour over hot cake while still in pan.
- 14
-Twice a week for two weeks spritz the cake(s) with rum to age.
- 15
-Cover them with a dish towel as they age.
Source: Lisa
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