Fruit Cake for Christmas

Ingredients

• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1 cup currants or prunes snipped into tiny pieces
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup cherries
• 1/2 cup apricots chop the apricots into pieces, or a total of 2 cups dried fruit
• 1 lemon zest of, Microplaned
• 1 orange zest of
• 1/4 cup crystallized ginger minced
• 1 cup gold rum
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 5 ounces unsalted butter 1 1/4 sticks
• 1 cup unfiltered apple juice orange juice works well here too
• 4 whole cloves ground
• 6 allspice berries ground
• 10 peppercorns ground fresh
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup pecan halves 1/4-, optional
• brandy for basting/spraying

Nutrition

• Calories : 490 calories
• Carbohydrate : 60 grams
• Cholesterol : 75 milligrams
• Fat : 18 grams
• Fiber : 5 grams
• Protein : 5 grams
• SaturatedFat : 8 grams
• Sodium : 680 milligrams
• Sugar : 34 grams