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Recipe

Japanese Fruitcake recipe

 

Yield

16 servings

Prep

25 min

Cook

25 min

Ready

90 min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
1 cup butter
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2 cups sugar
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4 large eggs
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3 cups all-purpose flour
sifted
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 cup milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon cloves
ground
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
ground
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½ cup raisins, seedless
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½ cup pecans
chopped
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pecan halves
for garnish
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Filling/ frosting
2 ½ cups sugar
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 cup water
boiling
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1 ½ tablespoons lemon zest
grated
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¼ cup lemon juice
fresh
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4 ½ cups coconut
grated
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
Cake
237 ml butter
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473 ml sugar
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4 large eggs
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7.1E+2 ml all-purpose flour
sifted
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1E+1 ml baking powder
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237 ml milk
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5 ml vanilla extract
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5 ml cloves
ground
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5 ml cinnamon
ground
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118 ml raisins, seedless
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118 ml pecans
chopped
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1 x pecan halves
for garnish
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Filling/ frosting
591 ml sugar
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45 ml all-purpose flour
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2.5 ml salt
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237 ml water
boiling
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23 ml lemon zest
grated
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59 ml lemon juice
fresh
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1.1 l coconut
grated
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Directions

For cake: Grease and flour four 9- inch round cake pans.

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed with an electric mixer.

Add eggs one at a time; beat well after each addition.

Combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Mix after each addition.

Stir in vanilla.

Divide batter in half; stir spices, raisins and pecans into one half.

Pour plain batter into 2 of the cake pans and spiced batter into the other 2 pans.

Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake tests done .

Cool in pan for 20 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.

Prick layers at 2-inch intervals with a wooden pick.

Spread frosting/filling between layers and on top and sides of cake, stacking layers with a light layer on top of each spice layer.

Garnish with pecan halves, if desired.

For filling/frosting: Combine sugar and flour in medium saucepan; stir in remaining ingredients.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Cook for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly; cool mixture completely before filling and spreading on cake.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 151g (5.3 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 52736% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 13g 63%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 85mg 28%
Sodium 184mg 8%
Total Carbohydrate 28g 28%
Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
Sugars g
Protein 12g
Vitamin A 9% Vitamin C 5%
Calcium 5% Iron 11%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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