INGREDIENTS
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- 1 cup butter softened
- 2.5 cups sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 pounds golden raisins
- 1 pound pecans chopped
- 9 oz crushed pineapple (with juice)
- 9 oz maraschino cherries
- 1 cup dried cherries or dried cranberries
INSTRUCTIONS
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Preheat oven to 300°F and line loaf pans with parchment paper.
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Blend eggs, vanilla, sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl.
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Add salt, baking powder, and flour and mix.
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Mix in pineapple and juice, cherries, raisins, dried cherries, and pecans.
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Fill the tins with fruit cake batter and spread to even the surface.
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Bake at 300° for 1 1⁄2 hours. Start testing for doneness with 20 minutes left, to prevent over-cooking.
NOTES
Nutrition info is an estimate only and may vary depending on exact ingredients used. Based on 6 servings per loaf, 8 mini loaves per recipe.