Rum Cake - Rumkage

==Description==
Makes 1
==Ingredients==
*1 pound Candied cherries
*1 pound candied pineapple 
*1 pound seeded raisins 
*½ pound candied citron 
*1 pound currants 
*½ pound candied orange peel 
*1 pint rum 
*1 pound butter 
*2½ cups Sugar 
*1 teaspoon cinnamon 
*1 teaspoon cloves 
*1 teaspoon nutmeg 
*12 eggs 
*2 pounds almonds -- chopped 
*1½ pounds filberts -- chopped 
*5 cups flour -- sifted 
*2 teaspoons baking powder
==Directions==
#Halve or coarsely chop all of the fruits, combine them with the rum and let soak overnight. 
#Cream the butter, the Sugar and the spices well together. 
#Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. 
#Add nuts to the fruit mixture and sprinkle with ½ cup of the flour. 
#Add baking powder with the rest of the flour and (using your hands) blend well into the mixture. 
#Combine with butter, Sugar and egg mixture. 
#Fill greased and floured loaf pans (9×5×3) ¾ full of the batter. 
#Bake in a preheated 275º oven about 3 hours (more or less is your pans are larger or smaller than standard loaf tins). 
#To prevent scorching while baking, set loaf pans into shallow pans ¼ full of water. 
#Cool completely and wrap with brandy-soaked cloths. 
#If you wish to store these cakes for some time, moisten them now and then with additional brandy or rum.
==See Also==
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