This friendship cake recipe uses a starter to make 2 delicious fruitcakes. It takes 30 days to prepare, but it's worth it. If you are lucky, a friend will give you 2 cups of starter (and a piece of cake), so you won't have to make one. Begin with step 1 if you have the starter. If you don't have the starter, follow the link below to Friendship Fruit Starter. It will take 50 days total if you need to make the starter.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Friendship Fruit Starter
- 1 , 15 ounce
- 5.5 cups white sugar , divided
- 1 , 15 ounce
- 2 , 10 ounce
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour for dusting
- 2 , 15.25 ounce
- 8 large eggs
- 1.33 cups vegetable oil
- 2 , 3.4 ounce
- 2 cups golden raisins
- 2 cups chopped walnuts
- 2 cups flaked coconut
Instructions
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Day One: Place starter into a large glass jar or bowl. Strain peach juice over starter. Cut each peach slice into 4 pieces and add to starter-juice mixture. Stir in 2 1/2 cups sugar until combined. Cover the jar loosely with a clean dish towel. Let sit at room temperature for 10 days, stirring once each day. A pan of water underneath the jar will keep ants out.
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Day Ten: Strain pineapple juice over starter mixture. Cut each pineapple in half and add to starter mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar until combined. Let sit, loosely covered, at room temperature for 10 days, stirring once each day. The color should change and mixture should foam when stirred.
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Day Twenty: Slice each maraschino cherry in half and add to starter mixture. Stir in remaining 2 1/2 cups sugar until combined. Let sit, loosely covered, at room temperature for the final 10 days, stirring once each day. The color will turn slightly pink from the cherries.
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Day Thirty: Drain liquid from fruit and pour into 3 glass or ceramic pint jars — one for you to make your next cake and two for friends. Set aside fruit.
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9x13-inch baking dishes.
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Beat together 1 box cake mix, 4 eggs, 2/3 cup oil, and 1 package instant pudding in a large bowl until well combined. Mix in 1/2 of the reserved fruit. Stir in 1 cup raisins, 1 cup nuts, and 1 cup coconut until incorporated; batter will be stiff. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Repeat this step for second cake.
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Bake cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes.
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