Whiskey nut cake

By MissiAnn

Moms fruit cake. The best.

Ingredients

• Simple syrup for glaze:
• 2 cups butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs, room temp
• 1 cup good whiskey
• 1 qt. chopped pecans
• 4 cups cake flour
• 1 tsp bkg. powder
• 1 lb chopped dates
• 1/2 box chopped raisins
• 1/2 lb chopped cherries
• 1/2 lb chopped pineapple
• Equal parts sugar and water, 1 cup each

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time, stir together flour and baking powder. Add the flour alternately with the whiskey. Fold in the fruit and nuts. Bake @325* for 1 1/2 hours.
Makes about 6 pound loaves.
Brush with simple syrup while still warm.
Wrap the loaves in cheesecloth and brush with whiskey for about a week.