Dessert

Palmer Family Fruitcake is for Dessert.

Palmer Family Fruitcake takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Palmer Family Fruitcake takes 60 minutes to cook.

Palmer Family Fruitcake makes 94 servings.

The ingredients for Palmer Family Fruitcake are:

The first amounts are for a full (@360 svgs) bake. The second quantities make enough (@48 svgs) for my husband and I to have some, and a few small loaves to give away.

2 pkgs Floured Raisins (2/3 c)
2 pkgs Floured Currants (1 c)
4 pkgs Light milk chocolate chips (1-1/4 c)
3 lbs Walnuts (6 oz)
3 lbs Pecans (6 oz)
3 pkgs Coconut flakes (1-1/4 c)
8 pkgs Floured spicy gum drops, greens removed (1pkg)

18 each Eggs (3 )
1 quart Buttermilk (1/2 c)
1 sm bottle Crisco oil (1/4 bottle)
2 cans Apple sauce (1/2 c)
2 bottles Molasses (1/2 c)
2 lg cans Crushed pineapple (1/2 c)

1 pkg Brown sugar (1/2 c)
1 sm can Cinnamon (? - 1 T)
1 sm can Ginger (? - 1 T)
1 sm can All spice (? - 1 T)
1 sm can Ground Cloves (? - 1 T)
21 tsp Soda (1T)

5 lbs Wondra Flour (1-3/4 c) (can be substituted with pre-sifted flour)

7 ? 9 pkgs Chocolate cake mixes (1)
1 gal Apple cider (1 pt)

Here is how you make Palmer Family Fruitcake:

Flour raisins, currants and gum drops prior to mixing. Also nuts and chips. And possibly even the coconut.Mix (in order):EggsButtermilkOilApplesauceMolassesBrown SugarPineappleSpices (sifted together & strained)Soda (sifted)CoconutFlourCake MixesChocolate ChipsNutsFloured gum drops/floured raisins /floured currants/etc.2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees3. Cut out paper bags to line bread baking pan and oil liners and pans with Crisco Grease. (Not that I do this. Grease and flour, though.)Pour batter into bread pans about 1/2 to 2/3 full.Bake in oven for about 45 minutes at 300 degrees or until completely baked.Small loaves take more like 30 minutes.Serving Size:?@16 per full-size loaf

The nutritional information for Palmer Family Fruitcake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 94
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 228.2

• Total Fat: 11.7 g
• Cholesterol: 12.0 mg
• Sodium: 200.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 31.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 3.2 g