Spirited Fruitcake

Total Time: 10 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup brandy
• 2 3/4 cups brazil nuts, whole
• 2 cups pitted dates, whole
• 1 cup maraschino cherry, whole
• 3/4 cup unbleached flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 combine fruit, nuts and brandy in a large covered mixing bowl, allow to soak overnight.
• 2 heat oven to 250 degrees.
• 3 line 2 loaf pans with lightly oiled wax paper.
• 4 in a large freezer baggie, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder, tossing to mix.
• 5 drain fruit/nut, brandy mixture, reusing bowl.
• 6 add flour mixture to fruit/ nut mix, stir well.
• 7 in a small mixing bowl, beat eggs till frothy, add vanilla to mix.
• 8 pour egg& vanilla mix into fruit/nut/flour mixture, stirring by hand to combine divide mixture evenly into loaf pans.
• 9 bake for 1 3/4- 2 hours.
• 10 cool on wire racks.
• 11 when cool, remove from pans and wrap.