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Christmas White Fruit Cake

Delicious sweet lemon cake full of pecans and white raisins
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bread, cake, Christmas, dessert, fruit cake
Servings: 3 medium loaves

Equipment

  • 3 medium loaf pans 4 in by 8 in

Ingredients

  • 1 lb butter (4 sticks) softened
  • 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 5 tsps lemon extract
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups white or golden raisins chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups pecans chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 420 degree.
  • Cream softened butter and sugar for a minute. Stop mixer and scrape down sides. continue to beat for another minute.
  • Add eggs, two at a time. Mix.
  • Add lemon extract.
  • Mix together flour, salt and baking powder in a separate bowl. Mix in with wet ingredients.
  • Chop pecans and nuts. Mix in by hand. The batter will be very thick.
  • Spray loaf pans with non stick spray. Measure out batter into 3 medium loaf pans.
  • Place loaf pans into 420 degree oven. Cook for 10 minutes.
  • Turn oven down to 275 degree. Cook for another 60 minutes at 275.
  • Check loaves. Cake should feel spongy but not gooey in the middle. If cakes are still gooey in center, you may cook for another 5 minutes.