German Fruitcake Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Mix Buttermilk with Baking soda and set aside. Cream butter (or Margarine), Sugar, & eggs until light, Sift dry ingredients together and add creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and baking soda mixture. Fold in the remaining ingredients. Bake in two 9X5X3 pans or a large tube (or bunt) pan for 1.5 hrs. Cool in pan for 15 mins before removing.
• 2. Personal note: For added delight you may lightly sprinkle the top of the cake with powdered sugar or serve the cake with whipped topping or any left over preserves. The preserves are what makes the difference the candied fruit is what makes a "Fake fruitcake" That candied fruit is nothing but unformed gummy bears in my opinion, nothing against gummy bears but you don't want them in a cake.

Steps:

• Grease pan. Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C).
• Cream butter, sugar and vanilla sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beat until light in color.
• Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Add half of flour, beat until just blended. Add 3 tbs milk, just blend. Add rest of flour, just blend.
• Batter should drop slowly from a spoon, forming long tips. If too firm add another tbs milk.
• Spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake in lower third of oven 18-22 minutes until golden yellow. Let cool in form for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Use immediately or store tightly wrapped for 24 hours or freeze.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Separate eggs and add the yolks to the butter, beating well.
• Sift together the flour and the spices.
• Mix the buttermilk and baking soda together, then add some to the butter mixture,alternating with the flour mixture, until all is incorporated.
• Add the preserves and the nuts, stirring gently.
• Beat the egg whites in a clean bowl with clean beaters until stiff peaks form, then fold gently into the batter.
• Scrape into a large greased& floured Bundt pan or tube pan and bake at 350 F preheated for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done.
• Let cool before removing from pan.