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3 hours
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 2 hours
1693 calories per serving view nutrition facts
1 cake
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| 3/4 | cup | butter | room temperature |
| 1 1/2 | cups | brown sugar | light, packed |
| 4 | large | eggs | |
| 1 | cup | cheddar cheese | shredded |
| 3 1/2 | cups | flour, unbleached all-purpose | |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | baking soda | |
| 1 | teaspoon | salt | |
| 1 | teaspoon | cinnamon, ground | |
| 1/4 | teaspoon | cloves, ground | |
| 16 | ounces | dates | pitted, chopped |
| 2 | cups | pecans | chopped |
| 4 | ounces | candied cherries | |
| 2 | cups | raisins, seedless | golden |
| 1 | cup | milk |
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. and grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium, until well blended.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in the cheddar cheese.
Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves into a medium bowl.
In another medium bowl, combine the dates, pecans, cherries and raisins.
Add 2 Tbls of the flour mixture, tossing lightly to coat the fruit and nuts.
Alternately beat the remaining flour mixture and milk into the butter mixture until well blended.
Stir in the floured fruit mixture by hand until distributed throughout the batter.
Turn into the prepared pan. Bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours in the preheated oven until the cakes shrinks from the side of the pan and the top springs back when lightly pressed.
Cool for 15 minutes in the pan on a wire rack then remove from the pan.
Cool completely on the wire rack.
When cool, store in a container with a tight lid for up to 6 weeks.
To serve, cut into thin slices.
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 82.0g | 126% |
| Saturated Fat 28.0g | 139% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 308mg | 103% |
| Sodium 1011mg | 42% |
| Total Carbohydrate 230.0g | 77% |
| Dietary Fiber 19.0g | 76% |
| Sugars 115.0g | |
| Protein 29.0g | 59% |
| Vitamin A | 30% | Vitamin C | 5% | |
| Calcium | 26% | Iron | 55% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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