Description
This is so moist and fruity tasting. I have also made it in 2 loaf pans and it takes about1 1/2 hours.i have also soaked the fruit overnight in 1/2 cup of the brandy called for in recipe for extra flavour.
Ingredients
- Blanched Slivered Almonds
- Golden Raisin
- Dried Apricot
- Candied Cherry
- Candied Pineapple
- All-purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Shortening
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Apricot Brandy
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300d f
- Mix together almonds and fruit: set aside
- Mix together flour, baking powder and salt: set aside
- Grease bundt pan well and lightly flour it
- Cream shortening and sugar well
- Beat in eggs
- Add vanilla
- Blend flour mixture alternately with brandy into creamed shortening and sugar
- Add almond and fruit mixture and mix well
- Pour into prepared pan
- Keep a pan of hot water on lowest shelf of oven while cake is baking
- Bake for about 2 hours until cake tests done
- Cool in pan 10-15 minutes, then turn out and cool completely on wire rack
- Wrap cake in brandy soaked cloth and store in airtight container in fridge for several weeks