Recipe For Cooking Holiday Cheddar Date Cake

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Holiday Cheddar Date Cake

Posted by Cookin\Mom at recipegoldmine.com 11/12/2001 10:29 pm

Serving size: 20

3/4 C. butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 C. light brown sugar, firmly packed
4 lrg. eggs
1 C. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
3 1/2 C. unbleached flour
1/2 tea. baking soda
1 tea. salt
1 tea. ground cinnamon
1/4 tea. ground cloves
16 oz. dates, pitted, finely chopped
2 C. pecans, chopped
4 oz. candied cherries, halved
2 C. golden raisins
1 C. milk

Decorations
4 candied pineapple slices
12 whole almonds, blanched

You can make a decorative design on the top of the cake by qt.ering the candied pineapple slices and using the whole almonds, if desired.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F and grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan; set aside.

In a lrg. bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer on med., 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 med. bowl.

In another med. bowl, combine the dates, pecans, cherries and raisins. Add 2 Tbsp. 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 min. 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.