Thursday Treats: Mother’s Cookbook

I have a good excuse for being a day late in posting #thursdaytreats. The power was out throughout the whole Island yesterday and just came back on this morning.

The day before the power outage, cousin’s wife, Gerry, messaged me about making fruitcake for Christmas and how she always enjoyed my mother’s white fruitcake and would like the recipe.

“Do you have your mother’s cookbooks?”

After she passed, I remembered my sister and I looking through Mother’s cookbooks. I took the one that was the most tattered. This was over 30 years ago.

After Gerry’s question I was taken back as I hadn’t remembered where I put the cookbook. Mother’s spirit must have guided me for I went directly to the drawer in the bedroom where it was safely tucked away.

Mother’s Cookbook

I was able to find Mother’s recipe for the white fruitcake. It was on a faded piece of paper in her handwriting.

Coconut White Fruitcake

Soak in 1/2 C. Brandy overnight

• 1 pkg dark raisins
• 1 pkg golden raisins
• 1 cup red cherries (glazed)
• 1 cup green cherries (glazed)
• 1 cup mixed fruit
• 2 cups flaked coconut

The next day in large mixing bowl,

• Cream: 1 cup soft butter with 1 1/2 cup of white sugar

• Add: 4 eggs...beating one at a time

• 1 cup milk

• 1/2 lb. of slivered blanched almonds

• Beat well and add:

• 2 and 3/4 cups of flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp baking Soda

• 2 tsp vanilla

Mix well with the brandy drenched ingredients.

Bake at low oven temperature 200 F-225 F for approximately 2 hrs.

Let cake cool completely before removing from pan.


Gerry messaged she had left her fruitcake in the oven at 350 F, instead of the lower temperature, by mistake and it was ruined. Not to be discouraged, she was going to make another one.

This is mine in the angel food pan and two smaller square pans. I would only use the angel food pan and one square pan if I make this again and put more of the mixture in the angel food pan.





I tasted it right away and it was good. It improves as it ages...like most of us. :)

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A few weeks ago I started a new tag #thursdaytreats. I will upvote and resteem the post of anyone who participates and uses their first tag as #thursdaytreats.

Thursday Treats could be what you had for a meal, a recipe, a special drink...whatever you can eat or drink.

I’m pretty laid back so no strict rules except the norm- text and photos original.

Putting your link on this post would be great so I don’t miss you

Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada

Photos & Text @redheadpei

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