Texas Pecan Fruitcake Recipes

TEXAS PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift 3 1/2 cups flour and baking powder together, reserving 1/2 cup flour.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with lemon extract, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat well after each addition (the batter will be quite thick).
• Dredge pecans and raisins in remaining 1/2 cup flour; stir into batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 3/4 hours or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes.
• Turn out onto cooling rack and let cool completely before serving.

TEXAS FRUIT CAKE RECIPE - (3/5)

Steps:

• Mix in order given. Spray miniature muffin pans with non-stick spray. Fill with cake batter. Place pan of water on bottom of oven while baking. Bake at 350deg for 20 minutes (small ones) to 30 minutes (large ones) until golden brown. Let stand for a few minutes before removing from pans. Makes about 48 large cakes or 80 small ones.

UNCLE JOHNNY'S TEXAS PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream together brown sugar and margarine or butter. Add egg yolks. Reserve egg whites for Step 5.
• 2. Dredge fruit in 2 cups of the flour.
• 3. Mix baking powder and remaining two cups of flour, and add to sugar and egg batter.
• 4. Stir in fruit mixture from Step 2.
• 5. Beat egg whites to a soft peak and fold in.
• 6. Pour into either a prepared 13 x 9 pan or Bundt pan, sprayed with cooking spray.
• 7. Bake at 225 degrees for 3 to 3-1/2 hours, considering not all ovens were created equal. ;)
• 8. Enjoy a big ol' hunk of Texas goodness with a large dollop of your favorite vanilla ice cream. Mmm-mmm good! ;)