Chocolate Fruitcake
3 cups sugar
4 cups water
1 1/2 cups shortening
1/2 cup cocoa
1 pkg. raisins
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
5 cups flour
3 tsp soda
1 to 2 cups chopped nuts
1 bottle Maraschino cherries, quartered (16 oz)
Combine first 8 ingredients in a pan. Boil five minutes. Cool. Sift flour
and soda together; add to cocoa mixture, maxing well. Fold in nuts and
cherries. Spoon into small loaf pans, filling 1/2 full. Bake at 325 for
one hour with pan filled with 1 inch of water on rack below cake pans.
(helps keep cake moist)
Source: Jackie Olden
Submitted to: RetroRecipes by Lynda Cloutier
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