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Not A Fruitcake Fruitcake Recipe + Harris Teeter #SeasonsEatings Giveaway

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There’s no two ways about it: fruitcake is a food foul. It’s horrendous. I wouldn’t be surprised if the origin of fruitcake could be traced back to the devil himself.

I hate fruitcake.

So I made a fruitcake. Ha!

But this is not the gummy brick-shaped lump of clay served by the devil’s kitchen staff. This is an old family recipe that turns the curse of the fruitcake on its bumble, and sets things right in the world again.

Introducing the… Not a Fruitcake Fruitcake.

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What inspired me is that Harris Teeter (one of my fave grocery stores here) is having a #SeasonsEatings Pin to Win contest on Pinterest, and they’re giving away some awesome prizes including a KitchenAid mixer!

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I just felt like getting into the spirit of things by baking a holiday recipe and creating my own Season’s Eatings board on Pinterest.

But first, here’s my recipe for a holiday dessert so good that it’s a shame it has the word fruitcake in its name!

 

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Not A Fruitcake Fruitcake Recipe

Course Dessert
Author Liz Mays

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup jam I used red plum
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup dried cherries
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/3 cup chopped dates
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Topping

  • 10 pineapple rings 1 large can
  • 5 maraschino cherries
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Instructions

Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 round layer cake pan, but nonstick pans are preferable for this recipe.
  2. In small bowl toss dried fruits with 1Tbsp flour; set aside.
  3. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs; beat until smooth.
  4. Add jam, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth.
  5. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to wet ingredients. Beat on medium speed until smooth.
  6. Fold in dried fruit mix.
  7. Pour equally into two round cake layer pans.
  8. Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans onto cooling rack to cool completely.

Topping

  1. Lay out pineapple slices onto foil-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven; set aside.
  2. In large bowl, combine coconut, pecans and raisins; set aside.
  3. Blend sugar, flour and eggs in a mixer and then cook over medium heat until mixture reaches a boil, stirring constantly.
  4. Remove from heat and whisk in the cinnamon and cloves.
  5. Stir in the coconut, pecans and raisins. Refrigerate mixture for about 15 minutes.
  6. Spread a thin layer of the mixture on the top of one cake layer, and then 5 pineapple slices. Lay other cake layer on top and spread remaining topping over entire cake. (The finer the nuts are chopped, the easier it will be to spread.)
  7. Decorate the cake top with the five remaining pineapple slices, placing a maraschino cherry into the center of each ring.
  8. Add a touch of fruit or coconut to center of cake, if desired.

 

Not a Fruitcake recipe

Be sure to check out the Harris Teeter Season’s Eatings Pinterest contest!! Follow Harris Teeter on Pinterest too!

GIVEAWAY!

One lucky reader will win a $25 Harris Teeter gift card.

 

I received a gift card from Harris Teeter to buy recipe ingredients. The gift card featured in this giveaway is also provided by Harris Teeter. I have not been compensated for this post in any other way.

 

RULES: Giveaway ends 11:59 pm ET, December 15,2013. No purchase necessary. Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia, Eighteen (18) years of age or older. Void where prohibited by law. Three lucky winners will be chosen using random.org. One entry per household and IP address. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Cheating will not be tolerated, and entries will be verified for accuracy. I will email the winner and they will have 48 hours to respond to the notification email, or a new winner will be chosen. Entering this giveaway means you are in agreement with this blog’s Terms of Use policy.

About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

Comments

  8. Selene M. says

    Holiday recipes include Chex Mix, about 15 double batches, cookies – Toll House, peanut butter, Mexican Wedding Rings, oatmeal, and press varieties.,

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  58. Jennifer T. says

    I make a homemade cranberry relish with cranberries, apples, and pears that everyone likes.
    jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

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  60. Daphne Turner says

    The 1/3 cup of dried cranberries in the list of cake ingredients appears twice. Should something else go in instead of the second listing of dried cranberries, or should I just ignore the second one? Thanks–

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