Coconut Fruitcake Food

COCONUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice. Stir in the candied fruit, coconut, raisins and nuts., Press into a greased and waxed paper-lined 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 80-90 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar and sprinkle candied fruit or nuts.

COCONUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter together.
• Add eggs one at a time and milk.
• Add sifted ingredients.
• Add cherries, raisins and coconut making sure they are completely covered with batter.
• Then add nuts and vanilla.
• Batter will be very thick.
• Cut a piece of cardboard the size of bottom of loaf pan and put in pan.
• Line with wax paper.
• Then grease well.
• Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake at 300 deg F.
• for approximately 2 hours.

WHITE COCONUT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F Grease two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans and line them with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the milk and beat until light and fluffy. In another bowl, combine the coconut, nuts, raisins, candied fruits, and lemon zest. Add 1/2 cup of the flour and mix well. In a separate bowl combine the remaining flour with the baking powder and salt. Add the fruits and the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and stir to combine thoroughly. In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold the whites and vanilla into the batter until well blended. Turn the batter into the prepared pans, spreading it evenly.
• Bake for 2 hours 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes. Turn the cakes out of the pans and finish cooling on a wire rack. To keep, wrap in plastic and store for up to 4 weeks. Makes 2 loaf cakes.
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NO BAKE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix the candied cherries, chopped pecans, sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, flaked coconut, raisins, vanilla, and crushed vanilla wafers. Batter will be very stiff. Place into pan and store in the refrigerator.

COCONUT FRUITCAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Stir in milk. Fill paper-lined miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. , Bake at 300° for 20-25 minutes or until brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Let stand for 24 hours in an airtight container at room temperature before serving.

COCONUT FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Line large loaf pan or 2 small loaf pans with parchment paper.
• Preheat oven to 325*.
• Beat butter and sugar till creamy.
• Add eggs, milk and extracts.
• Mix well and set aside.
• Combine fruits, nuts, coconut, flour and baking powder.
• Add to butter mixture.
• Spoon batter in prepared pan.
• Bake for 2 - 2½ hours.
• Let cool and wrap up tightly.