Christmas Cake

It's time to bake my 'famous' Christmas cake.

I've shared this recipe before in 2008 on my blog.  However, I thought it might be time to bring it back.

My family INSISTS that I don't show up for our family Christmas gathering without this cake.

I think I could forget their gifts, but not this cake.  Ha!

Here is my original post:

Several years ago while working on a company employee newsletter I came upon a cake recipe. I made it that year for Christmas. The actual recipe is called It Won't Last Cake. However, I renamed it the Christmas Cake because my dear sister has asked that it be her 'gift' every year since! My brother in law loves it too. I am posting the photo of the cake, which I will be making again this week to take to sis's house for our Christmas get together. It is easy and is like a spice cake or banana bread. Very moist and even goes great with coffee in the mornings. 

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups vegetable oil

3 cups white sugar (regular sugar)

1 cup crushed pineapples (with juice)

2 cups mashed bananas

1 cup chopped pecans (I usually use about 1/2 cup)

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup maraschino cherries (OPTIONAL) 

Directions: 

Grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together. (optional: adding one cup maraschino cherries to mixture makes a nice fruit cake.) Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees. Do not over bake.This cake is VERY moist and easy to make. I have never added the cherries. Not a big fan of fruit cake. It does bake up 'brown' due to the cinnamon and bananas. Hope you enjoy it!  It's a FAV of my family.