Bourbon and Pecan Fruit Cake
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1 hour 20 minutes
This is a fruit cake that features pecans and bourbon in addition to the more traditional ingredients. Is great hot, cold or warm.
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Ingredients
Serves: 16
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 2 cups sultanas
- 3 cups chopped pecans
- 2 cups (250g) plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons nutmeg
- 250g butter
- 2 cups (440g) white sugar
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 cup (250ml) bourbon
- 5 egg whites
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:1hour ›
Ready in:1hour20min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour a 22x32cm cake tin.
- Combine 1 cup of the flour with the sultanas and pecans. Set aside.
- Mix together the remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time then beat in the flour mixture alternately with the bourbon. Stir in the sultana pecan mixture.
- In a large bowl whisk the egg whites until stiff. Gently fold egg whites into the cake batter.
- Pour batter into prepared tin. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
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It was more moist than I thought it would be. Nut lovers wouldn't like this recipe...sure can taste the liquor. - 10 Aug 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
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