Mix, cleaned Raisins in colander and pour boiling water over them and let sit
2 cups golden raisins
1-1/8 cup dark raisins (or currants if preferred)
Mix fruit (listed below), raisins (from above) and juice and let stand overnight
1/2 lb each of red and green candied cherries
1-1/2 to 2 cups of mixed fruit
1/2 lb of dehydrated pineapple
1/2 cup of Five Alive Berry Citrus juice (or Orange Juice)
Mix almonds and walnuts with 1/2 cup sifted flour (part of flour amount listed below)
1/4 lb slivered almonds
1 cup of walnuts
Sift flour, nutmeg, salt, soda, cinnamon
2 cups of flour
1/2 tsp each of nutmeg, salt, soda and cinnamon
NEXT DAY
Mix nuts into fruit (keep aside)
Cream butter and sugar together
1/4 lb butter
1 cups each of brown and white sugar
Add eggs to butter/sugar mixing 1 at a time and beat after each
5 eggs
Add remaining flour (see above) alternately with milk and flavouring
1 tblsp milk
1 tsp almond flavouring
Add fruit and mix well
Put batter in parchment lined tins (for this batch I used one loaf tin and a medium size spring form pan - parchment on bottom and butter greased around side)
Bake approximately 3 hours at 275 degrees with tray of water on bottom rack.
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