Japanese Fruit Cake I

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 1/2 cups chopped raisins
• 3/4 cup chopped almonds
• 4 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 4 cups flaked coconut
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 recipe seven minute frosting (from recipe link)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• cream together butter, 2 cups sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. add flour mixture alternately with milk into egg mixture. divide batter into 3 parts. fill two pans with plain batter. add spices, raisins, and nuts into remaining batter, and pour batter into third pan.
• bake for 25 minutes, or until done. cool layers on wire racks.
• mix together orange juice and rind, 2 cups coconut, 2 cups sugar, boiling water, and cornstarch in a 2 quart pan. bring to a boil, and cook until mixture falls in lumps from a spoon. put layers together with filling, placing spiced layer in the center. ice cake with seven minute frosting, and cover with remaining coconut.