Black Fruitcake, The one with no wheat flour

Name: Black Fruitcake, The one with no wheat flour
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1-1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoon baking soda; 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon mace; 1/2 teaspoon allspice; 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 6 cups pecan flour; 3/4 pound melted butter; 4 large eggs; 1 cup molasses; 1-1/2 cups buttermilk; As needed peach brandy optional; 1 pound almonds; 1 pound Mrs Filberts/hazelnuts; 1 pound Brazil nuts; 1 pound pistachio nuts; 1 pound pecans; 1 pound walnuts; 1/2 pounds peanuts; 1 pound macadamia nuts; 1 pound cashew nuts; 10 ounces currant jelly; 4 ounces candied lemon peel; 4 ounces candied orange peel; 8 ounces candied citron; 8 ounces green candied cherries; 8 ounces red candied cherries; 8 ounces candied pineapple

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

Let's just start out by saying Fruitcake has been the cake made fun of by so many. Like canned spam, hotdogs, bread in a can, potted meat and so on. In the past it was a way of preservation of food. At war spam, saved many of lives from starvation. When the Roman armies were mopping up the world to assimilate all the world into the Roman ways of life, they invented many things. One being the first energy bar or fruitcake. This began the history, the jokes, and the facts. Unlike what Johnny Carson said that there was actually one fruitcake made and it's being past all over the world, there are many different types. It has became a stereotype food. Well I hope, if you try one that if it's your first time or more that it taste good. Either way I hope you try one with an open mind.

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Ingredients

Dry ingredients, spices
1-1/2 teaspoonsalt
2 teaspoonbaking soda
1-1/2 cupspacked brown sugar
1/2 teaspoonground cloves
1/2 teaspoonnutmeg
1/2 teaspoonmace
1/2 teaspoonallspice
2 teaspoonground cinnamon
6 cupspecan flour
Wet ingredients
3/4 poundmelted butter
4large eggs
1 cupmolasses
1-1/2 cupsbuttermilk
As neededpeach brandy optional
Nuts
1 poundalmonds
1 poundMrs Filberts/hazelnuts
1 poundBrazil nuts
1 poundpistachio nuts
1 poundpecans
1 poundwalnuts
1/2 poundspeanuts
1 poundmacadamia nuts
1 poundcashew nuts
Fruit
10 ouncescurrant jelly
4 ouncescandied lemon peel
4 ouncescandied orange peel
8 ouncescandied citron
8 ouncesgreen candied cherries
8 ouncesred candied cherries
8 ouncescandied pineapple
8 ouncescandied diced dates

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit. Line whatever you using with parchment paper or wax/ butter paper. Paper sticks to the pan if you spray or grease the pan first. Ok let's begin. Add the pecan flour to a big mixing vessel. I started with a big pot then had to pour into a huge roaster. Add baking soda, salt. and spices to pecan flour and mix.
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Except the brandy, add in all the ingredients, eggs, and melted butter. It got to big for the pot and here is where it went into the roaster to be mixed.
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Finally mixed. I used a spring formed pan, bundt cake pan and a flat baking pan for making flats for munching. Bake 45 minutes on 375° Fahrenheit. After that bake the rest of the way on lower heat at 325° Fahrenheit till done. To tell if it's done stick a bamboo skerer or a knife if it comes out clean it's done.
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Let cool in pan till pan is cool to touch. Remove from pan and remove parchment paper allow to cool. If using Brandy pour it on and wrap in butter/wax paper put into an air tight container or ziplock bags. Check from time to time adding brandy as it dries over the next 2 months if it last that long it may be consumed by then. Store in refrigerator. You can also freeze it.
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I added Brandy to the spring form it took 1-1/2 cup right away. I hade to split it in two and put into ziplock bags. Normally you wrap in cloth and keep cloth wet with brandy for a month. Then it should be preserved add brandy from time to time for the next 100 years. I think in Michigan they have them dated from 1800's. Merry Christmas from my heart to all I hope you enjoy!!!

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skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

on December 23, 2022 18:26

Dover, Florida

This picture is me and my oldest daughter. I love Asian, Mediterranean, and Southern food.I hope you enjoy my recipes, if you have any questions please ask. The app only allows so many followings, they put a limit on how many we can follow I have reached my limit. If it wasn't there I would follow back everyone, sorry....