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Tropical Fruit Cake

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings

16 Servings

Ingredients

  • ½ cup preserved ginger packed
  • 1 large navel orange quartered, seeded, skin included
  • 1 lemon quartered, seeded, skin included
  • 1 cup oil
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose whole wheat pastry, or spelt flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup pineapple juice or orange juice
  • 1 ripe banana diced small
  • 1 cup golden raisins

Instructions

  •  Preheat oven to 350°F.
  •  Finely grind the ginger in a food processor. 
  • Add the citrus, and pulse until finely ground but not mushy. 
  • Set the mixture aside. In the same food processor bowl, cream the oil, rum, sugar, and eggs. 
  • Mix the flour with the baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add the flour mixture alternately with the juice, pulsing only until well combined. 
  •  Add the reserved citrus mixture, the banana and raisins, and pulse just until combined. 
  • Pour the batter into a greased 10-inch tube pan.
  • Bake 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 
  • Unmold and invert to cool.
  • Recipe published in JOY of KOSHER with Jamie Geller magazine Fall 2012. Subscribe Now.
  • Bitayavon, Fall 2012 Magazine