Grandma Ruth’s Apple Fruit Cake

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Grandma Ruth’s Apple Fruit Cake

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Grandma Ruth’s Apple Fruit Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cups thick applesauce
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup margarine
  • 1lb dates (chopped)
  • 1/2lb light raisins
  • 1 1/2lb candied cherries (red and green)
  • 4 1/2 cups flour (sifted)
  • 4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (ground)
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg (ground)
  • 1/2 teaspoons cloves (ground)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1lb pecans (large pieces)

Directions

Combine applesauce, sugar, and margarine in a sauce pan and cook for 5 minutes. Let stand until the next day.
Combine fruit in large mixing bowl. Sift together dry ingredients. Sift onto fruit in small quantities, mixing until each piece of fruit is coated. Stir in cooled applesauce mixture, mixing well. Stir in nuts. Pour into loaf pans prepared with thoroughly greased double thickness wax paper. Bake 2 hours at 250. When cakes have browned, cover with brown paper and continue baking until a toothpick comes out clean.

Yields 5 loaves.

Recipe and photographs from Mayhem in the Kitchen!
https://mayheminthekitchen.com/fruit-cake/