Pennyaline wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> I just made my Christmas (light) fruit cake the other day. The
>> recipe I use makes a very thick batter. The fruit does not budge
>> during the baking. The batter I use is 2 cups soft butter, 2 cups
>> sugar, 8 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 3 Tblsp lemon juice, 2 tsp. lemon
>> rind 5 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt. Then I
>> use 3 cups raisins, 2 cups each green and red cherries and 2 cups
>> pineapple. I leave out the dates and pecans. I toss the fruit in the
>> flour mixture before stirring it into the wet ingredients. It is so
>> think I have to wet a spatula to spread in into the loaf pans.
>
> Ack! You omit dates and pecans, yet include icky creepy red and green
> cherries?? Argh! You leave out the best part!!

I absolutely detest dates, myself. I do love pecans, though.

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Dave
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