Palomino Cake
 

I have been looking for this recipe for years. My grandmother who lived in Western Maryland and who was a fantastic baker made this cake during the holiday season. Her recipes were well documented but, unfortunately, they mysteriously disappeared after she passed away. It was a white cake with red and green candied cherries and maybe some coconut. If anyone has ever heard of this, I would be so happy to have the recipe. Thanks in advance.

I don't have the recipe, nor am I familiar with it. My thought though...have you done any searhes using Preakness ax one of the keywords? I want to think I have seen something similar at some of the off track Preakness events I have been to. Good luck.

I found this one from Joy of Baking. http://www.joyofbaking.com/LightFruitCakeRecipe.html

Tricia

You can get tons of free recipes at recipes.com and so many good ones at Taste of Home.

Just do a search for cherry cake and you may find the recipe like your mom's. There were many to choose from. Good luck.

This looks wonderful Quercus.

Very similar to the one my mom used to make every year for Christmas. I think her recipe was just entitled "Light Fruitcake" or similar. :) Happy memories . . .

Was this the recipe?http://www.cooks.com/recipe/i80252a3...ruit-cake.html

Or this one with just a few ingrediants?http://www.cooks.com/recipe/v42x542d...fruitcake.html

Did Granny use whiskey? http://www.cooks.com/recipe/i78k35k9...ruit-cake.html

Will have to try this one. :)

Lol. I'm not saying one word.

Thank you FabStripper, the ingredients in the link you provided sound very similar. I am going to try this. I have done many searches, many times and come up blank. As I recall (and this is taking me back more years than I care to admit) the cake had a pound cake type consistency. I originally gave her location (Western Maryland) thinking it might have been a "regional" recipe and someone from that area might have a recipe that had been handed down. My grandmother also made the most awesome fruit cake I have ever eaten...both light and dark. Of course it didn't hurt that she baked them in October and kept them in a very cold spot and wrapped them in dishtowels soaked in Irish whiskey several times before Christmas. I do have her fruitcake recipe but mine have never turned out as tasty as hers. Thanks again, everyone.