Tracy Lockhart

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Ultimate Golden Fruitcake

This is a very convenient version of that cake. Use it in place of a strudel or sweet bread at your next holiday brunch. This recipe will take you all the way through the winter, bringing you a taste of the spring to come. Maybe that's why it got such a great reputation in the first place.

Ingredients

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 8oz carton sour cream
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 C raisins
  • 1 1/2 C roughly chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1 C diced mixed citron
  • 1 10 oz jar red maraschino cherries, well drained, and left whole
  • 1 10 oz jar green maraschino cherries, well drained and left whole

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F and grease a 12 C bundt pan well. Or use 2 9 X 5 inch loaf pans, well greased.
  2. Using an electric mixer, mix cake mix, sour cream and eggs on low speed 30 seconds.
  3. Scrape bowl sides and bottom and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  4. Fold in rest of ingredients.
  5. Spoon evenly into the bundt pan and bake 60 to 70 minutes. Do not underbake.
  6. Cool 10 minutes in the pan and turn out. Allow to cool completely.
  7. Brush sides and top with light Karo® syrup if desired.
  8. Cover tightly with foil.
  9. Store in refrigerator.
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