Recipe for Ambrosias Famous Christmas Cake 
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Yield:
1 Servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
4 cup All purpose flour
2 tsp Nutmeg
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Ground cloves
1 tsp Brandy extract and/or
1/4 cup Brandy
1 cup Sweet shredded coconut
1 cup Golden brown sugar
1 cup Dark old fashioned brown sugar
1 lb Unsalted butter
3/4 cup Pineapple wedges
3/4 cup Mixed fruit
3/4 cup Lexia raisins
3/4 cup Thompson raisins
3/4 cup Golden raisins
3/4 cup Chopped dates
3/4 cup Chopped pecans
3/4 cup Sliced blanched almonds
3/4 cup Chopped walnuts
1/2 cup Citron peel
1/2 cup Orange and lemon peel
1/2 cup Assorted melon cubes
1/2 cup Glace cherries
1/2 cup Green cherries
1/2 cup Currants
1/2 cup Blackstrap molasses
1/2 cup Pure apple juice
12 x Egg yolks
Instructions:
Instructions: Mix fruit with 2 cups flour mixture. Heat oven to 275 degrees. line with wax paper and grease 6 loaf pans 8" x 4 1/2" X 2 1/2" deep. Beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg yolks. Then mix in alternately just until smooth remaining flour mixture, juice and molasses. Turn into a large container and stir in fruit mix by hand. beat egg whites until soft peaks are formed and fold in to mixture.

Bake for approximately 2 hours. yields 6 loaves Wrap well in foil. Can add brandy or rum at intervals.

Decorations: Pineapple rings, maraschino cherries,pecans and or walnut halves marzipan, etc....

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