Brazil Nut Date Fruit Cake Recipes

BETTY'S BRAZIL NUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Sift the dry ingredients together.
• In large bowl, place chopped fruits and nuts.
• Add the sifted flour and mix to coat well.
• Beat the eggs and add the vanilla.
• Mix with the dry ingredients and fruit and nuts until well coated.
• Grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan and line with wax paper.
• Add mixture to prepared pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
• Remove from pan and immediately remove wax paper and cool before slicing.

BRAZIL NUT DATE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Put dates, nuts & cherries in large bowl. Put sifted flour, sugar, , baking powder, nuts & salt in large bowl. Scatter over the fruits & nuts, coating all. Beat eggs until frothy, add vanilla. Mix with hands. Stir in the eggs. Bake at 300 degrees, 1 hour & 45 minutes. Turn into grased & wax paper lined loaf pan. Yield is 1 3 lb. cake

DATE-NUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in the coconut, raisins, dates, pecans and orange zest. , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 300° for 85-95 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Place a piece of waxed paper under rack. , In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and orange juice to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Stir in orange zest. Poke holes in cake with a long wooden skewer; gradually spoon glaze over fruitcake. Cool completely.

DATE NUT BREAD/FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Cut dates and soak in boiling water about 15 minutes.
• Do not use a miker - put all ingredients into bowl, add dates and water.
• Mix thouroughly,.
• Spray pans with cooking spray. This can also be make as cupcakes(do not spray).
• Fill pans 1/3 full or cupcakes a little over half.
• Bake at 350 until bread will bounce back from touch. About 35 minutes.
• If cupcakes about 15 - 18 minutes.
• 2 Breads, or 2 dz. cupcakes.
• Fruit Cakes.
• Double date bread mix and add Fruit Cake Mix, top with Cherries.
• Bake as Date Break or cupcakes.
• 4 Breads, or 4 dz cupcakes.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, combine the nuts, dates and cherries. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add to nut mixture, stirring until nuts and fruit are well coated. , In a small bowl, beat eggs until foamy; stir in vanilla. Fold into nut mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased parchment-lined 9x5-in. loaf pan. , Bake at 300° for 1-3/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.