Stained Glass Cake Fruitcake Food

BROKEN GLASS DESSERT

Steps:

• Combine lime gelatin and 1-1/2 cups boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Pour into a lightly greased 8x4-in. loaf pan; chill until very firm. Repeat to make the strawberry and orange gelatins in separate pans. Combine the crumbs, sugar and butter; press into a greased 13x9-in. dish. Chill. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, soften unflavored gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes. In a small saucepan, bring pineapple juice to a boil. Stir in unflavored gelatin until dissolved. Transfer to a large bowl; set aside until room temperature, 20-30 minutes. , When flavored gelatins are firm, cut into 1/2-in. cubes. In a large bowl, whisk whipped topping into pineapple juice mixture. Gently fold 2/3 of the cubes into whipped topping mixture. Spoon over crust; top with the remaining cubes. Chill for at least 2 hours.

STAINED-GLASS CAKE (FRUITCAKE)

Steps:

• Butter a large cake tin. Line with waxed paper. Butter the paper.
• Chop the glace fruits roughly.
• Sift together the flour and baking powder.
• Mix in all the fruits, together with the nuts.
• Put the mixture into the cake tin, wet hands and press mixture down firmly.
• Bake in a preheated 300F degree oven for 1 1/2 hours.
• Take cake out of the oven and drizzle the Grand Marnier or Cointreau over the top.
• Leave the cake in the oven to cool until warm, then wrap it, tin and all, in aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight. Remove from tin, peel away paper and store in airtight tin.

CHERRY FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Using a tube pan (line bottom with two greased layers of greased waxed paper, and grease sides of pan); or using two loaf pans or eight mini-loaf pans (line bottom/sides with two greased layers of waxed paper). Be generous with shortening on the layer next to the cake.
• Cut pineapple, red and green cherries in half; cut dates in 3 pieces.Using hands, combine pineapple, cherries, dates, and pecans in a large bowl. Add sugar, mix well, and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Beat eggs& vanilla until light and fluffy; pour over fruit and nut mixture. Using hands, mix well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour on above mixture until"syrupy", again, using hands.
• Preheat oven to 275°F Add cake mixture evenly to pans and pack down tightly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, approximately 90 minutes for a tube pan; 1 1/4 hr for 2 loaf pans; and check starting after an hour for mini-loaf pans.
• Remove cake (s) from oven, cool slightly, and remove waxed paper while still warm.

STAINED GLASS CAKE

Steps:

• Chop the pineapple and apricots into fairly large pieces, and leave the remaining fruit and nuts whole.
• Mix all these fruits and nuts together, then reserve a half cup of them for the topping.
• Beat the eggs until light and fluffy, then add the sugar, vanilla essence, rum and softened butter.
• Continue beating until well blended.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt and add with the fruit and nuts, mix thoroughly.
• Grease a 20cm ring tin and line the base.
• Spoon mixture evenly into the tin, arrange the reserved fruit and nuts over the top, pressing down gently.
• Bake in a slow oven for about 1 1/2 hours or until cake is firm to touch.
• Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out.
• Store in an airtight container wrapped in foil.
• To serve, cut into very thin slices with a very sharp knife-the thin slices show off the beautiful colours of the fruits.