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Ambrosias Famous Christmas Cake
4 cups All purpose flour 2 teaspoons Nutmeg 2 teaspoons Cinnamon 1 teaspoon Baking soda 1 teaspoon Ground cloves 1 teaspoon Brandy extract and/or 1/4 cup Brandy 1 cup Sweet shredded coconut 1 cup Golden brown sugar 1 cup Dark old fashioned brown 1 pound Unsalted butter 3/4 cup Pineapple wedges 3/4 cup Mixed fruit 3/4 cup Lexia raisins 3/4 cup Thompson raisins 3/4 cup Golden raisins 3/4 cup Chopped dates |
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3/4 cup Chopped pecans 3/4 cup Sliced blanched almonds 3/4 cup Chopped walnuts 1/2 cup Citron peel 1/2 cup Orange and lemon peel 1/2 cup Assorted melon cubes 1/2 cup Glace cherries 1/2 cup Green cherries 1/2 cup Currants 1/2 cup Blackstrap molasses 1/2 cup Pure apple juice 12 Egg yolks 12 Egg whites
Mix fruit with 2 cups flour mixture. Heat oven to 275ºF. line with wax paper and grease 6 loaf pans 8" x 4 1/2" X 2 1/2" deep. Beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg yolks. Then mix in alternately just until smooth remaining flour mixture, juice and molasses. Turn into a large container and stir in fruit mix by hand. beat egg whites until soft peaks are formed and fold in to mixture. Bake for approximately 2 hours. yields 6 loaves Wrap well in foil. Can add brandy or rum at intervals. Decorations: Pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, pecans and or walnut halves marzipan, etc.... From Ambrosia Natural foods recipe as posted in the Toronto Star.
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