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       PawPaw Fruit Cake!!
   DIR By: Hummingbird
       Date: August 8, 2012, 1:16 pm
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       Spiced Pawpaw Fruit Cake
       31/2 cups all-purpose flour
       4 teaspoons baking powder
       1 teaspoon salt
       1/2 teaspoon baking soda
       2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
       2 teaspoons ground ginger
       1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
       1 1/3 cups vegetable shortening
       1 1/3 cups granulataed sugar
       4 large eggs
       2 cups pawpaw puree
       1 cup raisins
       1 1/2 cups chopped nuts
       3 cups candied fruits
       Sift flour with baking powder, salt, baking soda, and spices.
       Cream shortening and gradually blend in sugar, beat until light
       and fluffy.
       Beat in eggs, one at a time.
       Add flour mixture alternately with pawpaw puree.
       Mix raisins, nuts, and fruit, and stir into batter.
       Turn into 2 greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans.
       Bake in a slow oven (300°F) for about 2 hours. Keep a shallow
       pan of hot water underneath cake throughout baking time.
       Store cooled cakes in a tightly closed container.
       Makes 5 1/2 pounds of cake.
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