ASTRONAUT FRUITCAKE - 1968

US Army Laboratories that developed space menus made public two fruitcake recipes from the Apollo missions in 2013 .

Recipe

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 large eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

3 cups diced dates or whole pitted dates, cut up

1 cup cherries, quartered

Method

Sift together flour, sugar and salt. Place nuts, cherries, quartered dates in a bowl and mix until pieces of fruit no longer stick together and nuts are well dispersed in the fruit mixture. Sprinkle the flour mixture over the fruit mixture, while mixing by hand. Beat eggs and vanilla until frothy. Add to the fruit mixture and mix until all ingredients are completely moistened. Generously grease bottoms of loaf pans, and bake fruitcake in preheated 300 degree (F.) oven for two hours. Store in airtight container. Source: Daily Telegram [Eau Claire WI], July 30, 1968 (p. 7) Photo: Pics-about-space

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