Japanese fruit cake recipe

2 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Spice Layer

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 cup raisins, dusted after some flour

1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts

Filling and Topping

2 cups sugar

2 tbsps corn starch

1 cup boiling water

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One 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained

1 cup coconut

Juice and zest of two lemon

1/2 cup maraschino cherry halves

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 levels F. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.

2. Utilizing an electric mixer, cream together the shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs individually, beating well after each addition. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Add flour mixture alternately using the milk towards the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and blend well.

3. Divide batter into thirds. Pour 1 / 3 into each one of the two prepared pans. Towards the remaining 1 / 3 of batter, add some spice layer elements, folding in well. Pour in to the remaining prepared pan. Bake all layers 25 to half an hour. Awesome layers in pans for ten minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to awesome completely.

4. To organize the filling and topping, stir together sugar and corn starch inside a medium soup pot. Add water, pineapple, coconut, and fresh lemon juice and zest. Stir together and prepare over medium warmth until thick enough to spread onto cake layers. Remove from warmth stir in cherries, and permit to awesome slightly.

5. To put together cake, stack one plain layer, top having a thin layer of filling add spice layer and much more filling. Top with remaining plain layer. Spread remaining filling outrageous and sides of cake. Spread cake with 7-Minute Frosting (recipe below) if you want.

Serves 16 to twenty

7-Minute Frosting

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 tablespoon whitened corn syrup

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup wate

2 egg-whites

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla flavoring

Place sugar, cream of tartar or corn syrup, salt, water, and egg-whites in the top of the a dual boiler. Beat having a handheld electric mixer for one minute. Place pan over boiling water, ensuring boiling water doesn't touch the foot of the very best pan. (Should this happen, it might cause your frosting to get grainy.) Beat constantly on high-speed with electric mixer for 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla.