Fruit Cakes
makes 2 to 3 loaves
(from Erica of New Zealand)
mix dry stuff in bowl #1
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1+ tsp cinnamon
mix wet stuff in bowl #2
½ cup oil
4 eggs
3 cups fruit (ginger,
prunes, pineapples)
2 cups nuts (seeds,
walnuts, coconut)
mix each separately, then blend them together
add about 1 cup orange juice (make batter thin,
until drops off spoon, moldable but not runny)
bake at 350 (°F) for an hour (then test if done,
such as when a finger poke remains)
may be frozen for later consumption