Mrs. Walker's Fruit Cake

This is a fruit cake for people who do not normally like fruit cake. If you happen to already like fruit cake, you will love this. Honestly, it is the best fruit cake I have ever tasted. It was handed down to me by a dear old lady who has now gone home to be with the Lord.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 548 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon lemon extract
• 1 (3 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix
• 1 ½ cups chopped pecans
• 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
• 1 serving cooking spray with flour
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix (such as Duncan Hines® Lemon Supreme)
• 8 ounces candied red cherries, halved
• 8 ounces candied pineapple slices, cut into thirds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9-inch fluted tube pan, such as a Bundt®, with cooking spray.

Step 2

Mix the cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, lemon pudding mix, lemon extract, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until smooth, and stir in candied cherries, pineapple, pecans, and dried cranberries. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before turning it out onto a cake plate to finish cooling. Store in a covered container to help retain moisture.