Mississippi Fruit Cake

By RoketJSquerl

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable oil or canola oil
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. allspice
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 additional cup flour
• 1 cup candied pineapple
• 1 cup red candied cherries
• 1 cup green candied cherries
• 1 cup raisins (we used the golden raisins)
• 1 cup chopped dates or figs
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup whole pecans

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from sweetteaandcornbread.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, mix the oil, brown sugar, and eggs. Beat for about 2 minutes. In another bowl, sift together the 2 cups flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice and cloves.

Mix the orange juice and 1 additional cup of flour together in a separate bowl. Stir the flour and the orange juice/flour mixture alternately into the oil and egg mixture until it is all combined.

Place all of the fruits and nuts in a large mixing bowl and pour the batter over it all. Mix to combine well.

Prepare two 9"x5" loaf pans by lining them with parchment or wax paper. Line the bottom and up the sides. Spray the paper well with nonstick baking spray, preferably the type with flour like Baker's Joy. You can also grease the paper. Don't skip the paper step, because this cake will stick with all of this fruit in it and it's also very moist! Pour the batter evenly between the two pans.

Place a shallow pan of water on the bottom rack of the oven. Don't skip this step, because it keeps the cakes from cracking on top. Bake cakes for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. All ovens bake differently, but ours took only 2 1/2 hours. Insert a pick into the center and it should come out clean.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes before turning out.

Allow to cool completely before removing the paper from the cakes. You can wrap these tight in foil until ready to serve. They can be baked several days ahead of the holidays and wrapped and refrigerate also. They actually get moister.

Or slice and serve immediately!