Fruity Tube Pan Cake Food

FRUITY TUBE PAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla. Combine 2 cups flour and baking powder; gradually beat into batter. Combine pecans, cherries and remaining flour; fold into batter. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt; drizzle over cake. Garnish with cherries.

MOM'S FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250-275 degrees.
• Batter will make about 15 lbs. Prepare pans according to chart below. Grease and line pans with brown paper, waxed paper, or parchment. Grease again. Cut paper about 1 inch taller than pans. Fill pans a little over half full with batter. If you have room in the oven, put a pan with some hot water in it in the bottom, to keep the cakes moist. Enjoy!
• Pan sizes and baking chart:
• 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan: 6 1/2 cups batter, bake for 3 hours
• 10" tube pan: 2 1/2 quarts batter, bake for 3 hrs 15 mins
• 1 lb. coffee cans: 3 3/4 cups batter, bake for 3 hrs 15 mins
• 9 1/4 oz. tuna cans: 1 cup batter, bake for 1 hour 30 mins
• No.303 (16oz) cans: 1 2/3 cup batter, bake for 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours
• 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2-inch mini loaf pans: 3/4 cup batter, bake for 1 hour

FRUITY PINEAPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F; line an 8-inch square cake pan with foil and set aside.
• Put sugar, butter and fruits (with juice from tinned pineapple) in a saucepan over medium to medium-low heat; note that all currants or all raisins can be used instead of both; stir often until the butter melts, then remove from heat.
• Note that you could also do that in a microwave oven.
• Beat eggs with a whisk until frothy in a small bowl; slowly whisk eggs into fruit mixture.
• Combine all dry ingredients together then add all at once to wet mixture; stir well.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1-1/2- 2 hours, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• When cool enough to handle, remove from pan and store in an airtight container.