Grandma West Cream Fruitcake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup whipping cream (heavy)
• 3 teaspoons baking soda (scant)
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 lb mixed fruit
• 1 1/2 cups nutmeats

Recipe

• 1 cream well sugar, crisco and eggs.
• 2 mix together cloves, almond extract and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture. add soda to whipping cream, mix real well. don't leave any lumps.
• 3 (important to add soda to whipping cream, fresh whipping cream makes the cake taste much better.) add whipping cream to creamed mixture. mix well by hand with spoon.
• 4 add 2 cups flour to creamed mixture. mix well. mix by hand, mixture too thick to use mixer.
• 5 add mixed fruit; mix well. add nut meats; mix well.
• 6 bake in 3 small bread pans (i use disposable pans) greased, lined with wax paper (let paper edges hang out of pan), and then grease wax paper.
• 7 pour cake mixture in and bake at 300 degrees for 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 8 cool, wrap in aluminum foil and freeze until ready to use.