Best 6 Lafrance Flour Colonial Fruit Cake Recipes

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Are you looking for a delicious and festive treat to enjoy during the holiday season? If so, then you'll want to try baking a LaFrance Flour Colonial Fruit Cake. This classic recipe has been passed down through generations, and it's sure to become a new favorite in your family. With its moist texture, rich flavor, and abundance of dried fruits and nuts, this cake is sure to be a hit at any gathering.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

LAFRANCE FLOUR COLONIAL FRUIT CAKE



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Make and share this Lafrance Flour Colonial Fruit Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by iluvmt2

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h30m

Yield 1 large cake, 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 21

4 cups flour, lafrance
1/2 lb currants
1/2 lb raisins
1/2 lb almonds
1/2 lb citron
1/2 lb crystallized pineapple
1 lb candied cherry
1/2 lb english walnut meat
1/2 lb dates
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove
1 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups brown sugar
1 lb butter
6 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup strong coffee
1 cup dark molasses
1 teaspoon salt
1 orange, juice and grated rind
1 lemon, juice and grated rind

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Sift and measure flour. Then sift four times. Wash currants and raisins and dry on clean cloth. Blanch almonds, peel, dry on clean cloth and chop. Slightly chop all other fruits and nuts, then pour all these ingredients onto a well-floured boare and sprinkle the spices over them. Wash your hands, roll them around on floured board until all are evenly coated in flour. Cream sugar and butter, then add beaten eggs and beat until mixture is smooth. Dissolve baking soda in coffee and blend with molasses; add to creamed mixture and beat well. Add fruits, salt, lemon and orange juice and rind. Cut in flour, pour into large oilpaper-lined (parchment paper) pan. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 3 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1012.1, Fat 42.1, SaturatedFat 16.7, Cholesterol 130.8, Sodium 557.1, Carbohydrate 156.1, Fiber 6.9, Sugar 117, Protein 12.7

GRANDMA LEONE'S FRUIT CAKE



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Don't get this cake confused with the traditional fruit cake. It is so much more. This recipe has been handed down for 3 generations and I now want to share it with all of you. Don't get nervous with all the ingredients. Everything gets hand-mixed in 1 great big bowl.

Provided by Debbie Ries

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Holiday Cake Recipes

Time 2h10m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 cups water
1 ½ cups raisins
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 pound pecan halves
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 ½ cups canola oil
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups candied fruit

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x8-inch baking pans.
  • Bring water and raisins to a boil in a saucepan; cook until raisins are plump, about 2 minutes. Drain and cool raisins; reserve raisin water.
  • Mix 3 cups flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Place pecans and 2 tablespoons flour in a resealable plastic bag; close and shake bag until pecans are coated. Pour pecans into a colander and shake off excess flour.
  • Whisk sugar, oil, eggs, and cooled raisin water together in a bowl; fold in candied fruit. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into sugar mixture until fully incorporated; fold in raisins and pecans. Fill the prepared pans a little over half full.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C); bake until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 more hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 620.5 calories, Carbohydrate 77.7 g, Cholesterol 37.2 mg, Fat 34.5 g, Fiber 4.5 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 465.4 mg, Sugar 28.4 g

COLONIAL FRUIT CAKE RECIPE



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Provided by BobLongo

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 (10 oz.) jars citron
1 (8 oz.) jar candied red cherries
1 (8 oz.) jar candied pineapple
1 (15 oz.) box golden raisins
2 c. chopped walnuts (8 oz.)
2 c. slivered almonds (8 oz.)
3 c. sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. (2 sticks) butter
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
1/2 c. brandy

Steps:

  • Grease a 10-inch tube pan; line with brown paper; grease paper. Halve cherries; chop pineapple. Combine citron, cherries, pineapple, raisins, walnuts and almonds in a very large bowl. (You may even use your roaster or Dutch oven to do the mixing.) Sift flour, baking powder and salt onto wax paper. Sprinkle 1/4 cup of mixture over fruits and toss to coat. Beat butter, sugar and eggs in large bowl at high speed for 3 minutes, until fluffy. Stir in flour mixture alternately with brandy, beating after each addition until the batter is smooth. Pour batter over prepared fruits and nuts and fold just until well-blended. Spoon mixture into prepared cake pan. Bake in slow oven (300 degrees) 2 hours, or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip. Cool on wire rack; loosen around edge and tube with a knife; turnout on wire rack; peel off paper. Cool completely. Sprinkle with brandy, if you wish, and store, wrapped in heavy foil, for a minimum of a week. Makes one 10-inch tube cake.

COLONIAL INN CAKE RECIPE - (5/5)



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Provided by Wilda

Number Of Ingredients 14

4 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cake flour
2 teaspons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped almonds
1 (3 1/4 oz) package vanilla regular pudding and pie filling
1 cup chilled whipping cream
Sliced almonds, if desired

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 325@ 1. Beat egg whites until foamy in small mixer bowl. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar; beat until stiff and glossy. 2. Beat egg yolks until light in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar, the water and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Beat 1/2 minute on low speed, then 2 minutes on high speed. 3. Carefully fold small amount egg yolk mixture into beaten egg whites. Fold egg white mixture into remaining egg yolk mixture. 4. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured layer pans, 9x 1 /2 ". Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar and the chopped almonds over the top of one of the layers. 5. Bake 30 minutes; cool. While cake is cooling, prepare vanilla pudding accouring to package directions for pudding. Cool. Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl. Split cake layers and reserve sugared layer for top. Fill threelayers with vanilla pudding. Spread with whipped cream mixture over the pudding layer. Top with sugared layer. Refrigerate no longer than 24 hours. Garnish with sliced almonds around edge of plate. You can also frost with more whipped cream and spread on sides and cover sides with toasted sliced almonds. Really delicious. Enjoy

THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC FRUIT CAKE



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This is an Eric Lanlard recipe-the French pastry chef who made Madonna's wedding cake and the Beckham children's birthday cakes. Don't be put off by the list of ingredients, it really isn't that bad, and the results are amazing. This is truly the king of fruit cakes. I ice it and use it as my Christmas cake every year, and un-iced throughout the year! My father-in-law claims it is the best fruit cake he has ever eaten (he's 75 and eaten a few!) and my husband and 3 year old go mad for it. It freezes perfectly, even if its iced, so no need to worry about the size of it.

Provided by Noo8820

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h25m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 22

375 g golden raisins
100 ml Grand Marnier
4 eggs
300 g plain flour
375 g unsalted butter
300 g dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 lemon, juice of
375 g dried apricots
375 g sultanas
200 g mixed peel
100 g red glace cherries
150 g walnut halves
150 g whole roasted hazelnuts
1 (340 g) jar apricot jam
1 kg ready made marzipan
1 kg easy roll icing
250 g icing sugar
1 egg, separated
edible food coloring

Steps:

  • Place raisins in a bowl. Add enough grand Marnier/Cointreau to cover them. Cover bowl and leave for 24 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 150°C.
  • In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Add the eggs one at a time. If mixture looks a bit like splitting, add a little flour.
  • Add sifted flour, mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice and Grand Marnier. Mix together.
  • Gently fold in soaked raisins, dried chopped apricots, sultanas, chopped peel, cherries, walnuts and hazelnuts.
  • Spoon the cake mix into 2 greased and lined 22cm spring form tins.
  • Bake cakes for 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours.
  • Remove and cool on wire rack. Once cool spray with more alcohol and wrap in cling film. Keep cakes in cool dry place until you ice/decorate them.
  • ICING: Gently heat jam until spreadable. Spread over top and edges of cake.
  • Roll out marzipan very thinly to the circumference of cake, also a strip around width of cake.
  • Place marzipan on cake-gently pinch strip around top and side to stick them together. Repeat this with the icing. Mix together icing sugar, egg white and a few drops of food colouring into a smooth paste. Put into icing bag and decorate as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 838, Fat 34.7, SaturatedFat 14, Cholesterol 116.5, Sodium 64.8, Carbohydrate 135, Fiber 8.8, Sugar 87.5, Protein 10.9

COLONIAL CARAWAY CAKE



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A dusting of confectioners' sugar is all that's needed to top this beautiful cake. The combination of caraway and lemon is unique and flavorful.-Eleanor Davis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h20m

Yield 12-16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

5 eggs, separated
1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
1-2/3 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons caraway seeds
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In another bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour, caraway and lemon extract; mix well. , Add salt to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter. , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 300° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

Nutrition Facts :

Tips:

  • Use high-quality ingredients: The quality of your ingredients will greatly affect the taste of your fruitcake. Use fresh, ripe fruit, and choose high-quality nuts and spices.
  • Soak the fruit in alcohol: Soaking the fruit in alcohol (such as rum, brandy, or whiskey) will help to plump it up and add flavor to the cake. You can soak the fruit for anywhere from a few hours to several weeks.
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the cake batter, making it light and tender.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition: This will help to prevent the cake batter from curdling.
  • Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter will result in a tough, dense cake. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
  • Bake the cake in a low oven: Baking the cake at a low temperature will help to prevent it from drying out.
  • Let the cake cool completely before frosting or serving: This will help to prevent the cake from crumbling.

Conclusion:

LaFrance Flour Colonial Fruit Cake is a delicious and festive cake that is perfect for any occasion. With its rich, flavorful fruitcake and creamy, decadent frosting, this cake is sure to be a hit. Remember to use high-quality ingredients and follow the tips above to ensure that your cake turns out perfectly.

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