--- title: "Mincemeat Fruitcake – Virtual Recipe Exchange" date: 2021-12-06 author: "Phoebe Moon" featured_image: "https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/icing-e1637677813179.jpg" categories: - name: "New Ideas" url: "/category/new-ideas.md" --- # Mincemeat Fruitcake – Virtual Recipe Exchange This recipe was part of a blog hop. Each designer shares their favorite recipes, Christmas traditions, and/or Christmas projects. Mine is a recipe that is near and dear to my heart. The pattern is available for free to subscribers at the bottom of the page. If you’d rather just print, click the green *Print Friendly* button under the recipe. If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl + P (or Flower + P) to bring up the printer dialog box. ## First, a little story about this mincemeat fruitcake recipe Back in the ’70s, I was a young bride establishing my own Christmas traditions. Everyone seemed to be sharing fruitcakes, which were almost always awful. The joke was that it was the same fruitcake, just given to someone else the following year. But then I found a recipe on the back of a Mincemeat jar. It made the most wonderful fruitcake! Soft and moist, full of flavor, terrific with ice cream or as a stand-alone. It became my share-with-the-neighbors gift that I made every year. Until 2002. That was the year our house burned to the ground, taking my recipe collection with it. My cousin quickly replaced my [Fannie Farmers](https://www.amazon.com/Fannie-Farmer-Cookbook-Anniversary/dp/0679450815?crid=VEIVUI2G9DX7&keywords=fannie+farmer+cookbook&qid=1637678592&qsid=140-5876910-5653833&sprefix=fannie+farme%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1&sres=0679450815%2C1616085436%2CB006DVE8M6%2C0394406508%2C1626543186%2CB0006BN8XE%2C1420968823%2C0553109197%2C0553259156%2C0816138176%2C0316776246%2CB085ZRJXTP%2CB07VCYTMSF%2CB0043EV5AS%2CB000KMB2VY%2C0517148293&srpt=ABIS_BOOK&linkCode=ll1&tag=quiltweb&linkId=f14cdd15e3717948887d58ebff4a1304&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl), but it didn’t have the recipe in it. I’d like to say I was devastated, but I wasn’t. It was a very confusing holiday, a story I will tell another time. I didn’t really feel the loss until the following year. I never made them again. When this year’s recipe exchange came up, I was going to present my husband’s Chocolate Chip Bacon cookie recipe. But I decided instead to try to track down the fruitcake recipe. It was easier than I thought! A simple google search found it on [The Recipe Link.](https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_1/2010/DEC/9071.html) ![Nonesuch Mincemeat Label 1970](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nonesuchmincemeatlabel.jpg) So, without further ado, here is: ## Nonesuch Mincemeat Holiday Fruitcake recipe **Ingredients** - 2 1/2 cups sifted flour - 1 teaspoon baking soda - 2 eggs, lightly beaten - 2 2/3 cups (28 oz. jar) None Such Mince Meat - 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk - 2 cups (1 lb. jar) mixed candied fruit - 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped Hubby would like me to remind everyone that this is NOT a gluten-free recipe, nor is it for the lactose intolerant. If you have nut allergies, omit the walnuts.[](https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_1/2010/DEC/9071.html) Here is a trick I learned in Home Ec class. (If telling you I was a bride in the ’70s didn’t give away my age, the fact I had a Home Ec class surely would.) Always gather your ingredients ahead of time and make sure they are fresh. That way you avoid this: ![Expiration Date on a Jar of food](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/watch-expiration-date-600x800.jpg)ooops. It only expired 11 years ago. I wonder if it is still good? ### Here are my ingredients[](https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_1/2010/DEC/9071.html) ![](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ingredients.jpg)I had to buy the [bundt pan ](https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Result-Fluted-TAOUNOA-Nonstick/dp/B08GLMXJQ1?crid=SLSZDFN7FGPT&cv_ct_cx=bundt+cake+pan&keywords=bundt+cake+pan&pd_rd_i=B08GLMXJQ1&pd_rd_r=773fa925-a0f5-4fd7-8f1c-af6d961c4f64&pd_rd_w=b3cPg&pd_rd_wg=oZDif&pf_rd_p=52e31629-00b5-465b-8635-e53daafdd1ac&pf_rd_r=H4BBRVXGFS0H21ZX66FT&qid=1637678755&sprefix=bundt+%2Caps%2C1445&sr=1-4-a8004193-6951-43f6-852a-aff7dbba9115-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFCUVhEMkpUVEtCTkYmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA0NDMxNDAyMFFFVTIwTVkzR0lFJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2MjEyNzIzMkdEWkszWlAxOFpQJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3Bfc2VhcmNoX3RoZW1hdGljJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D&linkCode=ll1&tag=quiltweb&linkId=3ca8820aba67e5caae91fc4f00953f06&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)– I always made loaves. But I wanted to stay true to the original recipe. ### Mixing Steps Butter a springform or 90-inch tube pan. Line with waxed paper. Butter again. (I didn’t. I used **[Pam nonstick cooking spray](https://www.amazon.com/Pam-Non-stick-Original-Cooking-Spray/dp/B00B7S37L8?keywords=pam&qid=1637678815&qsid=140-5876910-5653833&sr=8-3&sres=B005GDUBBY%2CB001BIXKLQ%2CB00B7S37L8%2CB07CLC696G%2CB06XGLGLRB%2CB083P2VZ1Y%2CB00Z7F3AQ4%2CB0199CDRUO%2CB081J6NZ7L%2CB012201YCS%2CB00B20N5UE%2CB01220L0HW%2CB081J1S5LW%2CB07NKKZPK8%2CB003M5Y7GI%2CB00EXF5ANK%2CB07QHSQ17P%2CB01221B576%2CB01221VKV2%2CB00DAL4TLC&srpt=EDIBLE_OIL_VEGETABLE&linkCode=ll1&tag=quiltweb&linkId=dc9fc01413ee122b1d267e2887f19d65&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)** and flour. It might have looked nicer if I followed the recipe.) Sift flour and baking soda. Combine eggs, mincemeat, condensed milk, fruit, and nuts. Add the eggs one at a time. This is technically a quick bread since it has no yeast. It rises because of the interaction of the acid in the recipe and the baking soda. I didn’t sift the flour either. I don’t think you NEED to anymore, but I admit it might have made this fruitcake a bit fluffier. Fold in dry ingredients. Don’t mix too much. ![Animation of Mixing for The Nonesuch Mincemeat Fruitcake Recipe](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_5907-ANIMATION-800x599.gif)Hubby is mixing. I am the photographer. ![Mixing the Wet Ingredients for the The Nonesuch Mincemeat Fruitcake Recipe](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mix-wet-800x600.jpg)Add the walnuts and mix again.Pour into pan. Did you notice the ramekin covering the hole in the pan? It keeps everything neat and clean. Get it into the oven quickly – don’t let it sit too long. ![Pouring into a bowl The Nonesuch Mincemeat Fruitcake Recipe](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/covering-center.jpg)### Preheat the oven to 300 degrees ![Oven temperature for The Nonesuch Mincemeat Fruitcake Recipe](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/baking.jpg) Place the bread in the middle of the oven. Bake for 2 hours, or until the center springs back when touched, and the top is golden. Your house will smell wonderful. Cool on a wire rack. Turn out; remove the wax paper if you used it. ![Cake cooling on rack](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Baked-600x800.jpg) ### A quick icing Hubby whipped up a quick icing for me: - 3/4 cup confectioners sugar - 2 tsp milk (you could use OJ or even brandy if you wanted) - up to 1/2 tsp flavored extract. Add one drop at a time until you get the flavor you want. Drizzle over cake. ### Eat it hot with ice cream if you like! ![The final product from the The Nonesuch Mincemeat Fruitcake Recipe](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/treat-674x800.jpg)Use a serrated knife to cut. Store any leftovers in plastic wrap. ## Would you like to join our newsletter? Subscribers get this Table Runner pattern for free! Please add moc.hsadparcsobfsctd-792c3c@sirk to your contacts list to make sure you get the confirmation message. Drag the confirmation message from the Promotion tab to the Primary tab if you use Gmail. If you are already a subscriber, it’s okay to fill out this form. You won’t be put on the mailing list twice.