Wild Thyme – Fruit Cake

Raw Apple Fruit Cake

• 2 c white sugar
• 3 c flour
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 1/2 c. veg oil
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 c coconut
• 1 c. chopped dates
• 1 c chopped pecans
• 3 c chopped apples (probably granny smith or another cooking apple)
• 2 c chopped orange slice candy

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.   Grease a Bundt cake pan or fruit cake pan and set aside.

In a mixing bowl with paddle attachment, cream together sugar and oil.  Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.  Combine flour, cinnamon, salt and soda in separate bowl.  Hand stir gradually to egg mixture.  It will be thick like cookie dough.  Stir in apples first, thin coconut, dates and nuts.  Add chopped candy last and fold in thoroughly.  Batter is extremely thick.  Pour into a greased and floured pan.

Bake for 1 ½ hours or until brown and knife inserted comes clean.

*Note: This can also be baked in small loaf pans for gifts.

Tip – use a floured sharp knife when cutting sticky orange slice candy.  Candy should be cut up to bite size pieces.  You can also decorate the top of the cake with candy cherries and make candy leafs.

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Wild Thyme is located at 1060 Chinoe Rd, Suite 108 in Lexington