Originally Posted by
Irishrose2
I made a blonde one that sounds a lot like yours, sewingpup. It was all candied fruit and no citrus - lots of nuts. I wish I still had the recipe. I know it had a little applesauce, but no spices so it wasn't dark. My children were talking about it recently.
Recipe: Mom's White Fruit Cake
1 1/2 C sugar
1 C Butter
4 eggs
1/2 C buttermilk mixed with 1/2 t soda
2 C flour
1 lb white raisens
1/2 lb walnuts
1 1/2 lb candied pineapple (2 slices of each, red, yellow & green)
1/4 lb candied whole cherries (red)
1/2 lb candied green and yellow cherries
1 large can of drained crushed pineapple
1 large jar of Marchino cherries
Mix all fruit with some of the flour and then add the rest. bake at 250-300 3-4 hours
We used to line metal pans (the narrow ones of different sizes) with brown paper, grease, line again with wax paper, and grease. filled almost full as doesn't raise much . You can also use two of those aluminum foil pans together greased, lined with wax paper, and greased again.
Maybe this is similiar to the one you remember? Maybe use applesauce instead of crushed pineapple?