Easy Mincemeat Fruitcake

Name: Easy Mincemeat Fruitcake
Yield: Serves 16 (Makes 2 cakes)
Ingredients: 1 cup, golden raisins; 1 cup, dried cranberries; 1 , Granny Smith apple, peeled, shredded, and squeezed dry; 6 tablespoons, brandy, plus extra for brushing; 1/3 cup finely chopped, crystallized ginger; 1 teaspoon, grated orange zest; 1 (29-ounce) jar, prepared mincemeat (2 1/2 cups); 1 , (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk; 6 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 , large eggs, lightly beaten; 2 3/4 cups (13 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2017

Desserts or Baked Goods

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Fruitcake has a bad reputation for being loaded with neon red and green candied fruit. This one uses jarred mincemeat and dried fruits.

SERVES16 (Makes 2 cakes)

TIME2¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 24 hours resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Instead of the typical neon-colored candied fruit that many fruitcake recipes call for, we put jarred mincemeat (which is a mixture of dried and fresh fruits) to work here. Spiced up with crystallized ginger, a hit of brandy, and fresh oran...

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