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Date-Nut Fruit Cake

By Alison Pinto

Ingredients

4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 ^1/2 cup broken walnuts
1 ^1/2 cup broken almonds
1 ^1/2 cup broken hazelnuts
1 ^1/2 cup candied cherries halved
1 ^1/2 cup candied pumpkin
2 cups dated
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rum
2 tbsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp salt

Method:

1. Soak the fruits & nuts in the rum overnight.
2. Beat together eggs, gradually adding sugar & vanilla.
3. Mix throughly.
4. Add flour, baking powder, salt, nuts & fruits one spoon at time & mixing well.
5. Line 2 cake tins with wax paper.
6. Divide mixture between pans.
7. You might want to save some of the nuts to sprinkle on the top. To do this - first bake the for 5-7 minutes and then sprinkle the nuts on top. This prevents them from sinking into the cake.
8. Bake for 1 hour at 325^o F or until knife inserted in the cake comes out dry.

Serve with fresh whipped cream.

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