Recipe for Candied Holiday Fruitcake 
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Yield:
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Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
3 cup chopped pecans (about 12 ounces)
2 cup chopped candied pineapple (about 10 ounces)
3/4 cup chopped candied cherries (about 5 ounces)
1/3 cup chopped candied orange peel (about 1 1/2 ounces)
3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 cup butter room temperature (2 sticks)
1 cup sugar
5 x eggs
1 tbl vanilla extract
1 tbl lemon extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 pch salt
Instructions:
Instructions: Position rack in lowest third of oven and preheat to 250F. Grease and flour 12-cup bundt pan or tube cake pan. In large bowl, mix pecans and fruits with 3 tablespoon flour. In another large bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla and lemon extract. Sift 1 3/4 cups flour with baking powder and salt.

Add dry ingredients to batter; stir until blended. Mix fruit mixture into

batter.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 2 1/2 hours. Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool. (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead; wrap in foil and store at room temperature.) Dust with powdered sugar.

Serves 12.

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