Japanese Fruit Cake My Mom Used To Make Recipes

GRANDMAMA'S JAPANESE FRUIT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Place raisins in a small bowl and cover with boiling water, set aside for five minutes and then drain.
• Cream together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and beat again until well incorporated, 1-2 minutes.
• Add all other ingredients and stir by hand until well incorporated. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, or until set in the center. Allow to cool completely and then cover and refrigerate several hours before serving.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 4 (9 inch) round cake pans. Toss together the raisins, coconut and pecans in 1 cup of the flour until coated. Set aside.
• Cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in yolks one at a time. Sift together remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk, mix until blended. Fold in raisin, pecan and coconut mixture.
• In a clean bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks develop. Fold into batter until no streaks remain.
• Divide batter into four 9 inch baking pans (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups per pan). Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• To make the filling: Mix 2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour in a saucepan, add water and stir until dissolved. Chop lemons and oranges into small pieces and add to saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until thick, about 10 minutes. Add 2 cups coconut. Allow to cool.
• Assemble cake with filling between layers, and ending with filling on top.

HOMEMADE JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Plain and fruit layers: Use 1/2 batter for 1 plain layer-take the other 1/2 and mix with fruit batter. Pour into greased and floured cake pans-Bake at 350 degrees until done-approximately 25-30 minutes for plain layers. 30-40 minutes for the fruit layers-test with toothpicks.
• 2. Icing for cake: Cook over medium heat until thick. You can add coconut to the batter before spreading onto the layers. After cake has been totally iced, take coconut and put on outside of cake. Decorate with cherries or pecans. Makes a beautiful cake for the holidays.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE MY MOM USED TO MAKE

Steps:

• TO MAKE CAKE: Cream butter.
• Gradually add sugar beating w/mixer on medium speed.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour& baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning& ending w/flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla extract.
• Pour 1/3 of batter into well buttered& floured 9" round cake pan.
• Stir cinnamon& next 3 ingredients into the remaining batter.
• Pour into 2 well-buttered& floured 9" round cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes or until knife blade inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove& cool completely on racks.
• Spread frosting between layers, on top& sides.
• Stack white layer between the 2 spiced layers.
• Garnish with pecan halves.
• FROSTING: Dissolve cornstarch in 1/2 cup water; set aside.
• Bring remaining 1 cup water to boiling in medium saucepan.
• Stir in the sugar, rind& juice.
• Return to a boil.
• Cook to soft ball stage (236 degrees F), stirring often.
• Gradually add to cornstarch mixture& continue.
• stirring.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick& bubbly.
• Remove from heat, stir in coconut.
• Cool.
• Stir frosting before spreading on cake.

FRESH STRAWBERRY CREAM JAPANESE CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Line a 8 X 12" rectangular cake pan with parchment paper.
• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift in cake flour, sugar, baking soda, first set of cream of tartar and salt. Stir to combine.
• Create a well in the center. Inside it, add yolks, oil, vanilla extract and milk.
• Stir to combine until fully incorporated, do not over mix. Set this milk-flour mixture aside.
• In a clean and dry, non-plastic mixing bowl, whip egg whites on slow speed until frothy, add second set of cream of tartar.
• Increase speed to medium, once the whites become opaque and bubble size have tightened up, add sugar a little bit at a time.
• Increase speed to med-high, whip until stiff peaks. You've now made a meringue. (Note 2)
• Gently fold 1/3 of the meringue into the milk-flour mixture to get it moving. Once incorporated, fold in the rest of the meringue. Do not stir. Use batter immediately.
• Dab a bit of the batter onto the sides of the parchment paper to keep corners together. Dab a little more onto the paper and stick it to the pan to prevent the parchment paper from tipping over into the cake batter.
• Pour batter into lined cake pan from one spot, spread out the batter evenly with an angled spatula.
• Tap the pan on the counter to release large air pockets.
• Bake for 14-16 min. at 325 F until a skewer pulls out clean and cake springs back in the center.
• Let cool 5 min. in the pan before removing.
• Place cooling rack over cake pan.
• Flip cake over onto the rack, gently remove paper.
• The side facing up will eventually become the top of the cake roll. Let it sit on cooling rack for 5 min.
• Place a new of parchment paper on top of the cake.
• Flip the cake over and start rolling, allowing the parchment paper to be in between the folds. This will prevent the cake from sticking to itself. It's important to roll the cake before it cools completely, otherwise, it will crack while rolling. Refer to video in post on how to roll.
• Let it cool in this wrapped condition while making the fresh cream.
• Refrigerate mixing bowl and beaters in the fridge for a minimum of 15 minutes. This will help cream whip better.
• Clean and pat dry strawberries. Remove the husk and cut into 1 cm sized pieces.
• Place water in heatproof cup and sprinkle gelatin on top to bloom. Wait 5 minutes.
• Place cup in a small sauce pan filled with simmering water. Once gelatin becomes liquid, take it out of the water. Let cool on the counter.
• Immediately start beating the cream and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the chilled bowl. Whip on low speed and then increase to medium.
• Check on the gelatin. It should no longer be warm but still runny.
• Once the beaters leave tracks in the cream, pour the gelatin into the bowl slowly and steadily. Aim for the area in between the whisk and the bowl.
• Stop beating once the cream turns stiff. Do not over whip.
• Use cream to assemble the cooled cake immediately.
• Gently unwrap rolled cake and spread an even layer of cream on it.
• Lay strawberries evenly apart on cream.
• Carefully roll up the cake from the short edge using the parchment paper to help push the cake onto itself.
• Wrap with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator to set before cutting.
• Before serving, cut off sides for a cleaner presentation.

MOM'S FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over raisins and currants to cover. Let steam for 5 minutes, then drain. In a very large bowl combine currants, raisins, gum drops, candied cherries, pitted dates, jelly, spices, and brandy wine or fruit juice. Stir to blend. Cover and let stand overnight.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease three 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• Cream the butter and the sugar together until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Stir in the vanilla.
• Sift the flour and baking soda together.
• Add the flour mixture alternately with the fruit mixture to the creamed mixture. Pour evenly into three loaf pans.
• Bake at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) for 2-1/4 to 3 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• cream butter and sugar,add eggs one at a time, slowly add flour, baking powder,salt and vanilla,mix well. Divide dough into for 4 equal parts, fill two 8in. buttered, floured, and papered pans with half the mixture, Add to the other half of mixture 1 lb. diced mixed fruit {I use candied pineapple, candied red and green cherries and candied dates} 1/2 cup raisins,1 cup chopped pecans.
• add to other half of cake mixture, pour into to the other two 8 in. pans that have also been buttered, floured and papered. Bake on the middle shelf of oven for 25 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
• While cake is cooking make a Filling of 2 cups sugar, 2 cups water 4 teas. cornstarch 1 8oz. can of coconut simmer for 15 min. cool, and add grated rind and juice of 2 lemons. Mix together and pour small amounts of filling between fruited layer, plain layer, fruited layer, and plain layer then pour remainder of filling over the entire top of cake.