How To make New Fangled Fruitcake w/White Chocolate
2 c Flour
3/4 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
4 Eggs
2 tb Rum
2 tb Milk
1 1/4 c Unsalted butter; softened
1 c Sugar
1 c Coarsely chopped pecans
1/3 c Chopped pitted dried dates
Dried cranberries 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips
1 5 oz white chocolate candy b
-ar (broken into pieces 8 oz Cream cheese; softened
1 ts Lemon juice
Pecan halves Recipe by: Los Angeles Times - Prodigy Combine flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. In another small bowl, beat together eggs, rum and milk. In food processor fitted with plastic blade, beat 1 cup butter until creamy. Slowly add sugar with processor running, occasionally scraping down bowl. When all sugar has been added, process 2 minutes more. Add egg mixture and beat 1 minute. Add flour mixture, 1/3 at time, until thoroughly mixed. Pulsing on and off, quickly fold in pecans, dates, 1/2 cup dried cranberries and chocolate chips. Turn mixture
into buttered and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until golden. Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling on wire rack. Melt white chocolate, stirring constantly, in top of double boiler set over hot, not boiling water. Set aside. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth. Mix in remaining 1/4 cup butter, lemon juice and melted white chocolate. Generously frost top of cake, letting some frosting ooze down sides. Garnish with pecans and more dried cranberries. Makes 1 loaf. Copyright Los Angeles Times -----
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2 cups all-purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1-1/2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
15.25-ounce can Fruit Cocktail WITH THE JUICE
1 cup Sweetened Coconut Flakes, (half of a 7-ounce bag)
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
In a large mixing bowl whisk flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. Then add the eggs, coconut and Fruit cocktail with the juice. Stir together to incorporate the ingredients. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 x 2 baking dish and sprinkle the top with the brown sugar. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Poke holes all over the cake with a large fork. While still warm make the following.
Glaze Recipe:
1 stick (1/2 cup) Butter
12-ounce can Evaporated Milk
1-1/2 cups Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Sweetened Coconut Flakes (half the 7 ounce bag)
1 cup chopped Pecans (optional)
In a saucepan melt butter. Then add the sugar and evaporated Milk. Bring to a boil stirring constantly for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the vanilla extract and the coconut. Pour over the cake while it is still warm and let cool completely and totally absorb the glaze. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream or just simply with a cup of coffee or hot tea.
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