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Pumpkin Fruitcake Recipe

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I make this fruity cake many times during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. The moist cake has wonderful pumpkin flavor and is flecked with pecans, dates, raisins and cherries.—Janet Hradsky, Three Rivers, Michigan

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Pumpkin Fruitcake Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

25 50 75

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup raisins
10 red candied cherries, chopped
GLAZE:
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 to 3 tablespoons milk

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Stir in pumpkin. Combine the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fold in the pecans, dates, raisins and cherries.
Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
For glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Drizzle over cake. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 453 calories, 17 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 85 mg cholesterol, 301 mg sodium, 73 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Pumpkin Fruitcake in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2009, p142

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Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2011 by RosalieCee

This is a wonderful cake, I made it for a Christmas gathering of a few friends, they all wanted the recipe, the only change that I made, I added a few more candied Cherries, dates and raisins, I decorated it with red and green candied cherries and Christmas colored sprinkles, it also made a beautiful cake. I will be making this cake again for Christmas day with family.

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2011 by RosalieCee

This is a wonderful cake, I made it for a Christmas gathering of a few friends, they all wanted the recipe, the only change that I made, I added a few more candied Cherries, dates and raisins, I decorated it with red and green candied cherries and Christmas colored sprinkles, it also made a beautiful cake, will definately makethis cake again for this Christmas day.

Reviewed on Nov. 03, 2011 by sherrigs

Declicious, very moist