Brandied Fruit Friendship Cake And Starter

[Raine]

Brandied Fruit Friendship Cake And Starter
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

1 c margarine, melted
1 3/4 c sugar
3 c flour
1 ts baking soda
1 ts ground cinnamon
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts ground cloves
1/4 ts ground nutmeg
2 ea large eggs
2 c brandied fruit
1 c nuts, chopped
1/4 c brandied fruit juice

---------------------BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER---------------------------
15 1/2 oz (1 cn) pineapple chunks
16 oz (1 cn) sliced peaches
17 oz (1 cn) apricot halves
10 oz (1 jr) maraschino
1 1/4 c sugar
1 1/4 c brandy (any brand)

Instructions

Combine butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat well. Combine
next 6 ingredients. Beat well. Add eggs. Coarse chop brandied fruit
and stir into batter. Add pecans and juice. Mix well. Pour batter
into well-greased 10 inch bundt pan. Bake at 350 degree F. oven for 1
hour. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan.

BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER: Drain all canned fruit. Combine all
ingredients in clean, nonmettalic bowl. Stir gently. Cover and let
stand at room temperature for 3 weeks, stirring twice per week. As
you use it, replace the amount taken with 1 cup sugar. Cover and let
stand at room temperature 3 days before using again. Yields 6 cups of
brandied fruit.

 

[LEFSElover]

gad, this is so funny, you are completely reading my mind.
my kitchen has been remodeled and it's only now coming back together, sort of anyway.
yesterday while putting things away under the cupboards, I ran across the large clear canister with lid, that 25 years ago, held my brandied fruit that I'd kept going for years.
thanks for posting this cause honestly, I was going to ask someone for a recipe for it so I could start one back up again and let it simmer away into total libation