6 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 lb melted butter
1 cup of flour
1 tsp of vanilla
1 fruit stuff:
1/2 cup of flour
1 lb candied cherries
1 lb candied pineapple
4 cup of chopped pecans
Directions
Batter: Mix batter items together. Flour the fruit stuff items. Place
the fruit stuff into a greased Angel Food cake pan (I use a Bunt pan)
Pour the batter over the fruit stuff. Bake at 300 degrees until done
(about 1 1/2 hour.
For a cupcake version: Bake 15 minutes at 300 degrees, brush on Honey.
Continue to bake for 15-30 minutes more. (use two cupcake papers per
serving.
With the cake freshly removed, I use a hypo and inject with one shot
of the following: Rum Amaretto (Almond flavor) Triple Sec (Orange)
Gran Marnier (Orange)
Make these a month or so early. Wrap in SaranWrap place in refrig.
Bring back to room temp. before serving. Hope you enjoy this as much
as we have. From: Ed Kotkiewicz
Servings: 6 servings
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