Uncle Bill's And Jackie's Wedding Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs maraschino red cherries
• 1/2 lb mixed candied peel
• 2 1/4 lbs mixed candied fruit
• 1/2 lb candied pineapple, cut in small wedges
• 3 cups sultana raisins
• 1 1/2 cups walnut pieces
• 2 1/4 cups whole almonds, blanched
• 1 1/4 cups dark rum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground mace
• 4 1/4 lbs all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 1/4 cups butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups shortening, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 9 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl with a tight fitting lid, combine cherries, peel, mixed fruit, pineapple wedges, raisins, almonds, walnut pieces, whole almonds and rum. mix well.
• 2 sprinkle mace over mixture and mix well.
• 3 cover and let marinate for 24 hours, stirring at least 3 times during the 24 hours.
• 4 prepare a set of 3 - 9 inch round by 4 inch deep xmas pans and 2 - 8 inch by 4 1/2 inch bread loaf pans by lining complete interior with either brown paper or parchmet paper.
• 5 after lining the pans, grease the inside with a vegetable oil.
• 6 after the 24 hours of marinating, add 3 cups of flour to fruit mixture and using a wooden spoon, mix to coat fruit well.
• 7 in a medium size bowl, beat together butter and shortening.
• 8 add sugar and beat well.
• 9 add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition.
• 10 add remaining 1 1/4 cups of flour and salt to egg mixture and stir well until combined.
• 11 add this mixture to the fruit mixture and mix by hand until well blended.
• 12 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 13 fill the prepared pans 3/4 full and level.
• 14 the 9 inch round pans will take about 2 1/2 hours to bake.
• 15 the loaf pans will take about 2 hours to bake.
• 16 if top starts to brown too quickly, place a piece of aluminum foil over the top.
• 17 to test for doneness, insert a wooden tester and if comes out dry, then the cakes are cooked.
• 18 remove from oven and let the cakes sit in the pans for about 15 minutes before removing from pans onto wire racks to cool.
• 19 peel off paper that lined the cakes and discard.
• 20 when the cakes are completely cooled, wrap each cake with plastic wrap, then overwrap with aluminum foil.
• 21 store in a cool place for 4 to 6 weeks.
• 22 makes about 13 pounds.
• 23 if desired, coat the cakes with your choice of prepared icing.