Alaskan Sourdough Fruitcake

Title:
Alaskan Sourdough Fruitcake

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Cakes




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 c  Golden, seedless, and puffed


          -seeded raisins, combined


     4 c  White flour


     1 ts Baking soda


 1 1/2 c  Dried currants


     1 ts Salt


     1 c  Plus 2 tb Blackberry Cordial


          -or other wine


     1 ts Cinnamon


     1 ts Cloves


     1 ts Allspice


     1 c  Alaskan Sourdough Starter


   1/2 ts Mace


     6 tb Butter


     3 c  Candied fruit; green and red


          -cherries, pineapple,


          -orange, citron and ging


     1 c  White sugar


     1 c  Brown sugar


     3    Eggs, well beaten


     1 c  Chopped nuts


     2 tb Grated lemon rind






 Soak raisins and currants in 1 cup wine overnight. Remove starter from


 refrigerator and set, tightly covered, in warm place overnight. It should


 be in at least a two cup container as it will just about double its volume


 overnight.  In the morning, cream butter with sugar and beat in eggs and


 lemon rind.  Drain wine from raisins into creamed mixture. Stir in starter


 and 3 cups of the flour sifted with the soda, salt and spices. Sprinkle the


 remaining 1 cup of flour over the fruit and nuts in a large bowl. Toss and


 shake until well-coated. Add to batter and mix thoroughly. Turn into loaf


 pans which have been generously buttered. Let stand in warm place for 30


 minutes.  Bake in oven preheated to 300 with a pan of water on floor of


 oven and rack as near as possible in middle of oven. Bake about 2-1/2 hours


 for medium-sized loaves watching carefully to see that they do not brown to


 quickly. Test with toothpick. Remove from oven, turn pans on sides and


 allow to set for a few minutes before taking from pans. When cold drip 2


 tbsp. of wine over each cake. As soon as it is absorbed, wrap tightly in


 cellophane freezer paper and store in refrigerator or freezer. They improve


 with age.


 


 From: Breads and Coffee Cakes with Homemade Starters Shared By: Pat


 Stockett


 


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