Recipe - Champagne Fruit Cakes

12 ounce Diced mixed fruit
1 cup Chopped dates
1 One fourth cup Champagne
1 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Sugar
Three fourths teaspoon Baking powder
2 cup Chopped pecans
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Orange extract
One half cup Butter; melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. In
large bowl combine fruit and dates with champagne, let stand 5 minutes. In
large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and nuts. Beat eggs, vanilla
and orange extract, and butter until foamy, pour into fruit mixture
stirring well. Add dry ingredients, mix until all combined. Pour into pans.
Bake about 45 to 60 minutes or until toothpick placed in center comes out
clean. Cool on wire rack. Place in cloth soaked in champagne. Store in
refrigerator or freezer. ThePoet102

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 368 by Giz2day Giz2day@aol.com
on Dec 14, 1997