Summer Fruit Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour (i use 1 cup and 1 cup whole-wheat)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups summer fruit, chopped and drained (apricots, nectarines, peaches and plums are good, use a mixture if possible)
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup raisins
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 to make cake: preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour 9x13-inch pan.
• 3 combine flour-salt in bowl.
• 4 beat eggs-vanilla in large bowl.
• 5 add flour mixture to egg mixture.
• 6 stir in remaining ingredients (fruit-raisins).
• 7 pour into prepared pan.
• 8 bake for 40-45 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
• 9 while cake is baking make glaze: combine all glaze ingredients (sugar-baking soda) in large saucepan over medium heat.
• 10 bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 11 remove from heat.
• 12 stir in vanilla.
• 13 when cake is done, remove from oven and poke entire surface of cake with a toothpick.
• 14 pour glaze over hot cake slowly.