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4 - Layer Japanese Fruit Cake Recipe
by CookEatShare Cookbook

4 - Layer Japanese Fruit Cake
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  Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 1 c. softened butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 3 c. plain flour
  • 1 rounded teaspoon baking pwdr
  • 1 c. lowfat milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Juice and grated rind of 1 lg. orange
  • 1 coconut, grated (reserve sufficient for top of cake)
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 2 T cornstarch
  • 1 c. boiling water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 or possibly 4 (8 or possibly 9 inch) round cake pans. Cream butter and sugar. Add in large eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Put together flour and baking pwdr; add in to creamed mix alternately with lowfat milk. Stir in vanilla. Pour 1/2 of batter into 2 prepared pans. Into rest of batter add in: 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1/4 pound finely minced seedless raisinsWhen white layers are done, bake the spiced batter in 2 layers. Bake all layers about 25 min or possibly till done. Cool completely.
  2. Dissolve cornstarch in lemon and orange juice; set aside. Put together remaining ingredients in saucepan. Stir over medium heat till it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in cornstarch mix. Continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, till mix mounds when dropped from a spoon. Cool. Spread filling between layers. Begin with spiced layer and alternate so as to have plain layer on top. Spread filling on top and sprinkle on reserved coconut. Cover and chill.