Bourbon Fruitcake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups mixed candied fruit
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup bourbon
• 1/2 cup bourbon

Recipe

• 1 combine candied fruit, raisins, and pecans; dredge in 1/2 cup flour, stirring to coat evenly. set aside.
• 2 cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 4 combine remaining 3 cups flour, baking powder, and nutmeg. add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternately with milk and 1/3 cup bourbon, beginning and ending with flour mixture. stir in fruit mixture.
• 5 spoon batter into a greased and waxed paper-lined 10-inch tube pan.
• 6 bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pan 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.
• 8 notes :
• 9 moisten several layers of cheesecloth with remaining 1/2 cup bourbon; cover cake completely with cheesecloth. wrap with aluminum foil, and store in cool place at least one week, remoistening cheesecloth as needed.
• 10 yield: one 10-inch cake.
• 11 ________.