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It's Holiday baking time!  Fruitcake is one my my personal baking favorites!  Pictured are some I made just before Thanksgiving in  3 x 6 gift giving size! They're fun to decorate with candied fruit & nuts! I'm picky about my candied fruit myself. I only use candied pineapple and green and red cherries usually in combination with raisins and dates.  Here's my two favorite Fruitcake Recipes: Banana Walnut Fruitcake (Pictured) Brownie Fruitcake Or for something in the fruitcake family that's not exactly fruitcake, but has that festive fruity quality, I recommend these: Orange Dream Cake This one is an orange bundt cake made with a box of Orange cake mix, instant Vanilla Pudding, Sour Cream, Oil, Eggs and Candied Orange Peels. Add nuts or chocolate chips if you like. Orange Slice Cake This one is a Southern take on fruitcake that calls for candy Orange Slices instead of traditional candied fruit.  Makes 1 bundt cake.

Tis' the season for baking!  One of my seasonal favorites is fruitcake. I usually bake one or two to mail to my Mother, because she loves it so. And you can't beat a home-made fruitcake! Last year I posted a recipe for Banana Walnut Fruitcake , which is  Today's recipe is another I've used many times over the years for a chocolate fruitcake called  "Brownie Fruitcake." This recipe recipe calls for walnuts, candied red cherries, mixed candied fruit and chopped dates. But instead of buying an Old English Mix, I recommend just getting candied pineapple and green candied cherries!  These are the tastiest of the candied fruits! Recipe makes one loaf. Brownie Fruitcake Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts 1 cup halved red candied cherries 1 cup mixed candied fruit 1 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup hot coffee 1/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa 1 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda...