Name: Old Fashioned Fruit Cake (Dark)
Ingredients: 1-1/4 cups brown sugar (packed); 1/2 stick butter (softened); 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk; 2 cups ﬂour; 4 eggs; 3 cups dates (chopped); 1 cup apples (chopped); 1/4 cup molasses; 2 cups nuts (chopped (such as pecans)); 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp cloves; 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Old Fashioned Fruit Cake (Dark)

Joyce writes “This recipe is close to 100 years old. Handed down from my great grandmother, to my grandmother, to me, and I’m 73.”

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Ingredients

1-1/4 cups brown sugar packed
1/2 stick butter softened
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups ﬂour
4 eggs
3 cups dates chopped
1 cup apples chopped
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups nuts chopped (such as pecans)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Course

Desserts

Servings

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups brown sugar packed
1/2 stick butter softened
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups ﬂour
4 eggs
3 cups dates chopped
1 cup apples chopped
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups nuts chopped (such as pecans)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

Mix together all ingredients in order as listed and pour into an 8- x 12-inch cake pan. It will be thick.
Bake at 300 degrees for 2-1/2 hours. Check with a toothpick at that time.
Cool well and keep in refrigerator with a covered lid.
Serve thin slices; it will be a moist cake.

Recipe Notes

Recipe courtesy of Joyce Smith, Janesville, WI.

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