Gramma Macklem’s Light Fruit Cake

Straight from Gramma Macklem’s Kitchen is another homemade recipe that promises to make your mouth melt with the taste of Light Fruit Cake!

Ingredients:

1 cup margarine (butter)

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

3 cups flour

1 tin (15oz) crushed pineapple, slightly drained

1/4 lb citron peel

1/2 lb cherries

1 cup almond halves

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Cream margarine and sugar together, add eggs.

Coat fruit, excluding pineapple, with flour

Add/dry ingredients to this mixture alternating with pineapple.

Pour into 10x7x2.5 pan, lined with tin foil over the sides for easy removal.

Bake at 275ºC for 2 1/2 hours.

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