Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1 flour
- 1 glace cherries
- 1 pecan (halves)
- 3/8 glace citron
- 475 gr glace pineapple
- 350 gr butter
- 325 gr golden raisins
- 240 gr bourbon
- 140 gr coconut
- 45 gr candied orange peel
- 45 gr candied lemon peel
- 18 gr vanilla extract
- 1 package confectioners sugar
Preheat oven to 120ºC . Line the bottom and sides of a large tube pan and a small loaf pan with foil; grease the pans. Chop coarsely the raisins, cherries, pineapple, citron, orange peel, lemon peel and pecan halves. In large bowl, soften the 3 sticks of butter. Cream in a box of confectioner's sugar, then fill box to the same level with flour. Pour half of the flour over the fruit and nuts; mix thoroughly so all are well-floured. Add six eggs to butter/sugar, one at a time, while beating. Add vanilla extract and fold in flour. Stir in fruits and nuts; fold in liquor. Pour into cake pans and bake approximately 2 hours. Mom's notes: * 3 # cherries, pineapple, raisin; 1 # citron; 0.75 lemon/orange peel; 2 # butter; 3 packages coconut, 2 # cake flour; 4 # confectioner's sugar, fifth of bourbon.