Orange Fruitcake
Okay, okay, we know. Fruitcake isn’t everyone’s favorite holiday treat, but hear us out for a sec. This fruitcake uses organic citrus fruit candies and Uncle Matt’s Organic Orange Juice, so it has to be good, right? The answer is yes! If you don’t think you like fruitcake, give this a try and be amazed!
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1 cup organic softened butter
2 cups organic granulated sugar
4 organic eggs
½ cup organic buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups organic chopped pecans
3 ½ cups organic flour
1 lb organic citrus sliced candy, chopped or cut into small pieces
14 oz package of organic coconut
1/2 cup Uncle Matt’s Organic Orange Juice with pulp
For the glaze:
1/4 cup Uncle Matt’s Organic Orange Juice with pulp
1 cup organic powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Line two loaf pans with wax paper and lightly grease.
Cream together butter and sugar in a bowl. Mix in each egg one at a time to the mixture.
Roll the nuts and candy pieces in 3 cups of the flour until coated. Add coated candy pieces and the remnant flour into the mixture.
In a separate bowl, add remaining ½ cup of flour, buttermilk and baking soda. Stir into bigger mixture. Pour evenly into the two loaf pans. Bake for about 2 ½ hours or until the cake passes the toothpick test. When cakes are finished cooking, allow them to sit and cool in the pan for 6 hours before removing from the pans and wax paper.
Mix together orange juice and powdered sugar to make a glaze. Slowly pour glaze over the fruitcakes.
