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Best Light Fruitcake
This beautifully golden and buttery
Light Fruitcake
, filled with candied fruits and nuts, is delicious from the first bite to the last.
Prep Time
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
2
hours
hours
30
minutes
minutes
Total Time
3
hours
hours
Servings
15
servings
Ingredients
▢
3
cups
chopped pecans
▢
16
ounces
candied pineapple
chopped
▢
8
ounces
candied cherries
halved
▢
4
ounces
candied orange peel
▢
1 ¾
cups
plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
▢
1
cup
butter
room temperature
▢
1
cup
sugar
▢
5
eggs
▢
1
tablespoon
vanilla extract
▢
½
teaspoon
baking powder
▢
Pinch
of salt
▢
Powdered sugar
optional
Instructions
Position an oven rack in the lowest third of your oven and preheat to 250°.
Grease and flour a bundt or tube pan and set it aside.
Chop the candied pineapple into about 1/3 inch pieces. Cut the cherries in half.
In a large bowl, mix the pecans and fruit with 3 tablespoons of flour.
In another large bowl, cream the butter with sugar with a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
Stir in the vanilla extract.
Sift 1 ¾ cups flour with baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the batter and stir until blended.
Stir the fruit and nut mixture into the batter.
Put the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted halfway between the outside and tube of the pan comes out clean, about 2 ½ hours.
Cool the cake in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes.
Turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
Dust with powdered sugar (optional).
Notes
Before storing, cool the fruitcake completely. Keep in a covered cake container at room temperature for about 10 days.
To freeze, wrap the cake tightly in plastic wrap followed by aluminum foil. Freeze for up to three months.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
|
Calories:
559
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
71
g
|
Protein:
6
g
|
Fat:
30
g
|
Saturated Fat:
10
g
|
Cholesterol:
87
mg
|
Sodium:
153
mg
|
Potassium:
133
mg
|
Fiber:
3
g
|
Sugar:
51
g
|
Vitamin A:
470
IU
|
Vitamin C:
5
mg
|
Calcium:
54
mg
|
Iron:
2
mg