Everyone's Favorite Fruitcake

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Thuy Nguyen

Choose your measure: Volume Ounces Grams

subheading: FRUIT:

1 ½ cups diced dried pineapple

1 ½ cups raisins, golden or regular

1 cup diced dried apricots

1 ½ cups chopped dates

heaping 1 cup candied red cherries, plus additional for decoration, if desired

⅓ cup diced crystallized ginger, optional

¾ cup rum, brandy, apple juice, or cranberry juice

subheading: BATTER:

1 cup (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter

2 cups dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground allspice

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking powder

4 large eggs

3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

2 tablespoons cocoa, black cocoa preferred; optional, for color

¼ cup golden syrup, boiled cider, or dark corn syrup

½ cup apple juice, cranberry juice or water

2 cups chopped, toasted nuts (almonds, pecans, or walnuts)

subheading: TOPPING/GLAZE (OPTIONAL):

rum, brandy, simple syrup, vanilla syrup, or ginger syrup

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