My mom commented on a previous fruit cake recipe that “the best one” in our family is the one from Grannie Marvel, so I thought I’d share the recipe with you. We had this last year at the holidays and it is delicious!
Fruit Cake (Grannie Marvel)
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 1/2 cups dates
2 cups sugar
2 cups boiling water
5 tbsp Crisco
Boil this mixture for 20 minutes – let cool
Add:
3 cups sifted flour
1 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp salt
5 or 6 packages citrus fruit, nuts, pineapple or cherries
Fill paper greased pans 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake 1 1/2 to 2 hours at 275 to 300. When cooled baste with 1 tbsp brandy, bourbon or whatever every day for about 5 days.
Sounds good! Maybe with today’s cooking equipment, the pan could be sprayed with PAM – I think I used the paper once or twice, but I don’t remember using it in a long time.
THIS is the fruit cake I’ve made before. I knew if you kept posting these I would find the one I made.
thanks for the old recipes .