How to Make Tasty Better Than Fruitcake!

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Ingredients of Better Than Fruitcake!

1. Prepare 3 tbsp of melted butter.
2. Prepare 3 tbsp of sour cream.
3. You need 5 of banana's semi soft but not mushy..
4. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of malibu rum.
5. It's 2 tsp of marachino cherry juice.
6. You need 2 of eggs.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of lemon juice.
8. It's 1 cup of peeled/cored diced apples.
9. You need 1/4 cup of pineapple tidbits well drained.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of raisins.
11. Prepare 20 of marachino cherries.
12. Prepare 1/4 cup of dried cranberries or craisins.
13. It's 1/4 cup of dried strawberries or firm fresh strawberries.
14. You need 1/4 cup of walnut pieces or candied walnut pieces.
15. It's 1/4 cup of cashew pieces or candied cashew pieces.
16. You need 2 cup of flour.
17. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
18. You need 1 cup of sugar.

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Better Than Fruitcake! instructions

1. preheat oven to 350°F.
2. place diced apples and lemon juice in a bowl. toss to coat. set aside..
3. cut pinapple tid bits into 4 pieces and cut cherries into 4 pieces. set aside..
4. in a bowl places peeled whole banana's, rum, eggs, sugar, cherry juice, butter and sour cream..
5. blend with hand mixer until blended but still chunky..
6. sift together flour and baking soda. mix flour mix into banana mix by hand using a spoon..
7. fold in apples..
8. place all nuts and all remaining fruits into banana mix. and gently fold in..
9. grease 2 bread loaf pans very well..
10. fill said loaf pans halfway with mix evenly..
11. bake on middle oven rack for 1 hour or until thoughrally cooked.. toothpick inserted into center should come out clean.. top should browned..
12. cool on wire rack..
13. slice and serve!.
14. enjoy!.
15. makes 2 loafs...
16. hint( fruit measurements should be slightly heaping..

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