Hard Middle Eastern

Grandma Leach's Fruitcake

Name: Grandma Leach's Fruitcake
Prep time: 23 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups white sugar; 0.25 cups unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 3 cups unsweetened applesauce; 0.75 cups vegetable oil; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup chopped pitted dates; 1 pound candied mixed fruit; 2 cups chopped walnuts; 0.5 cups walnut halves , Optional; 1 cup halved candied cherries , Optional

Total Time

58 min

23m prep · 35m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Hard

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This fruitcake is really moist and packed with juicy raisins, dates, and walnuts. This is my grandmother's recipe that makes two cakes. She always said applesauce was the secret ingredient. I sold these fruit cakes at bake sales for years. We had so many customers who returned every year to get one!

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
0.25 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cloves
3 cups unsweetened applesauce
0.75 cups vegetable oil
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 pound candied mixed fruit
2 cups chopped walnuts
0.5 cups walnut halves , Optional
1 cup halved candied cherries , Optional

Instructions

1

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch tube pan and one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2

Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves into a large bowl.
3

Stir in applesauce and oil, then mix in raisins, dates, mixed fruit, and 2 cups of walnuts.
4

Pour into the prepared pans, about 3/4 full.
5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the crown of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
6

Cool cake and decorate with walnut halves and candied cherry halves.