Cousin Dee’s Whiskey Fruit Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
1 c. butter or quality margarine (2
sticks), room temp.
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2
c. sour cream
3 3/4
c. sifted flour
1 tsp.
baking soda
2 tsp.
vanilla
1 c.
walnuts, broken up
1 c.
chopped dates
1 c.
maraschino cherries, cut in
pieces (no juice)
Juice
from 2 oranges
1/3 c.
sugar
1 1/2
oz. whiskey

Directions:
Cream butter then add sugar, beating well. Add eggs one at a time followed by sour cream, flour, baking soda and vanilla. Blend well. Fold in walnuts, dates and cherries. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes in greased and floured angel food cake pan or bundt pan. While cake is baking, blend orange juice, sugar and whiskey with a whisk. As soon as cake is out of the oven, pour juice mixture over the cake and let steep for 3 or 4 hours before removing cake from pan.

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