Christmas

Larkins Family Fruitcake is for Dessert.

Larkins Family Fruitcake takes 45 minutes to prepare.

Larkins Family Fruitcake takes 90 minutes to cook.

Larkins Family Fruitcake makes 51 servings.

The ingredients for Larkins Family Fruitcake are:

1 lb pitted dates
1/2 lb candied pineapple
1/2 lb each red & green candied cherries
1 lb shelled pecans

Put in bowl.

Add: 1 C sugar
1/2 C melted butter
4 beaten eggs
1 t vanilla

Combine and sift into above mixture:
1 C flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t salt

Here is how you make Larkins Family Fruitcake:

Mix together. Press into two loaf pans lined with foil. Cover loosely with foil. Bake at 275? for 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Cool before removing from pans (a couple of days, even).Now, when I made it this time, I only had 8 oz of dates, so I used brown sugar and 4 oz of dried cranberries, soaked, to make up for it. Also, I had 1 lb of red cherries. That is what the nutritional info is based on.I bake these in mini loaf tins (9 loaves=@12 cupcakes) and cupcake cupsServing Size: Makes about 50 servingsNumber of Servings: 51Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HIPPYCAT.

The nutritional information for Larkins Family Fruitcake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 51
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 200.8

• Total Fat: 8.6 g
• Cholesterol: 19.3 mg
• Sodium: 70.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 32.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 1.7 g