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DIAMOND BRIGHT HOLIDAY CAKE
3/4 cup B&R Farms Dried Apricots
3/4 cup water
1 ½ cup sugar
3/4 cup flower
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup pitted prunes
3/4 cup pitted dates
3/4 cup candied cherries
3 cup walnut halves
3 eggs
Simmer apricots in water for 5 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of the sugar and cook
slowly for 10 minutes longer until apricots are transparent and glazed.
Lift out of syrup with a fork, and drain well on a wire rack. Save syrup
to glaze cake. Resift flour with remaining 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder
and salt. Combine prunes, dates, cherries, walnuts and apricots. Add sifted
dry mixture, and mix gently. Beat eggs with vanilla. Add fruit mixture
and mix carefully to avoid breaking up fruit. Turn into well greased 9
inch square pan. Bake at 300F for about 1 ½ hours. Let cool.
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