Recipe for James Beards Mothers Fruit Cake

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Yield:

6 servings

Ingredients:

Amount	Ingredient
125 gm	Glace cherries
90 gm	Glace apricot
250 gm	Glace pineapple
125 gm	Mixed peel
300 gm	Raisins
125 gm	Sultanas
125 gm	Currants
1/3 cup	Brandy
90 gm	Pecans
1/4 cup	Flour
90 gm	Butter
1/2 cup	Sugar
1/2 cup	Soft brown sugar
3 lrg	Eggs
45 gm	Grated dark chocolate
1 tbl	Brandy
1/2 cup	Flour
1/2 tsp	Cinnamon
1/4 tsp	Nutmeg
1 pch	Ground cloves

Instructions:

Instructions: Place cherries, apricots, pineapple, peel, raisins, sultanas, currants in a bowl. Marinate in brandy 2 days stirring occasionaly.

Add nuts and 1/4 cup of flour, stir well. Cream butter with two sugars add eggs mixing well between each. Add chocolate and brandy.

Sift in flour, cinammon, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder. Add fruit mix and blend thoroughly. Pour into tin, hollow the centre, bake 150degrees 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Paint with brandy and store at least two months to mature.

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