Unlike traditional fruitcake, with its dark color and dense texture, this fruitcake is light-colored and light-textured, flavored with orange, coconut, date, raisins and nuts. It was baked in a fluted cake pan to give it a different shape.—Linda Ault, Newberry, Indiana
Date-Nut Fruitcake
Date-Nut Fruitcake
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
1 hour 25 min
Yield
16 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
- GLAZE:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in the coconut, raisins, dates, pecans and orange zest.
- Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 300° for 85-95 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Place a piece of waxed paper under rack.
- In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and orange juice to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Stir in orange zest. Poke holes in cake with a long wooden skewer; gradually spoon glaze over fruitcake. Cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice: 475 calories, 20g fat (10g saturated fat), 84mg cholesterol, 236mg sodium, 70g carbohydrate (45g sugars, 3g fiber), 6g protein.
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