Banana fruit cake

 
                             BANANA FRUIT CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes                            Nuts
                 Vegetarian
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      3/4   c            Butter
    2       c            Brown sugar
    4                    Eggs
    2 1/2   c            All-purpose flour
    1       c            Walnuts -- chopped
    3       c            Candied fruit
    2       c            Dates -- chopped
    1       tb           Orange juice
    1       t            Orange rind -- grated
      1/2   ts           Orange extract
    1       t            Baking powder
    1       t            Baking soda
    1       t            Salt
      1/4   ts           Ground nutmeg
      1/4   ts           Ground cloves
    1       t            Ground cinnamon
    1 1/2   c            Mashed bananas
 
   Recipe by: Rose Murray, The Christmas Cookbook Great
   Canadian Prepare two 2 Litre (9" x 5") loaf pans.
   Preheat oven to 300 F. In a large bowl combine the
   fruit, dates, pineapple and walnuts. Dredge  them with
   1/4 cup of the flour.  Sift the remaining flour
   together with  the baking powder, baking soda, salt,
   cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.  Set  aside.
   Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until the
   mixture is light and  fluffy.  Beat in the eggs, one
   at a time.  Beat in the orange rind, orange  juice and
   orange extract. Mash the bananas with a fork.  (A food
   processor will tend to liquefy the  bananas and this
   will change the texture of the cake.) Alternately stir
   the bananas and the flour mixture into the creamed
   mixture.  Stir in the  floured fruit and nuts. Turn
   into the prepared pans and bake for 2 hours and 15
   minutes, or until  a skewer inserted into the middle
   of each cake comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 20
   minutes, then turn out onto racks. Yields about 5
   pounds of  cake.
  
 
 
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