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This is a tradional fruit cake from Calabria, that is nice to slice it into thin wedges for a holiday cookie tray.
Although it sounds complicated, once you get going it really isn't difficult.
Filling:
2 Pounds Of Raisins
2 Pounds Coarsely Chopped Walnuts
1 Cup Whiskey
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
3 Tablespoons Cinnamon
Juice Of 1 Orange
Dash Of Anisette
Combine all filling ingredients in a glass bowl, cover and let sit overnight, stirring occasionally.
Dough:
7 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 Cup White Wine
5 Eggs
Zest From 1 Lemon And 1 Orange
2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Oil
1/2 Cup Whiskey
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Dash Of Cinnamon
1 Tablespoon Baking Soda
Toothpicks
Topping:
1 Cup Honey
Colored Sprinkles
Make a mound of the flour on a pastry board or counter. Make a well in the center, and using a fork,
begin to add in the remaining ingredients until you have created a dough. Knead with additional flour as
needed until smooth. Divide into 6 Equal sized balls. Covering the rest of the balls, take one and begin
to run it through a pasta machine to flatten. Continue to lightly flour and pass through increasingly narrow
openings, until the dough is between 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Place on the counter, and using a scalloped pastry
wheel, run it along the outside edges of each side of the dough.
Next using the pastry wheel, cut the strip of dough in half lengthwise into two ribbons. On each half of the ribbon, sprinkle on some of the walnut,
raisin mixture and fold to close. Starting at one end, begin to roll up the dough into a coil, using toothpicks
to support it as needed. Continue until you have an 8 inch cake, using some of the second strip as needed.
Continue using all of the dough up in this manner.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place the cakes on a
lightly floured baking sheet and bake for about 35 minutes or until lightly browned. Melt the honey in a pot
and brush each of the cakes lightly over the top. Sprinkle with the candy sprinkles and bake an additional
10 minutes. Let cool completely and then wrap in foil to store. To serve, remove the
toothpicks and cut into wedges.
Nonna Lina � 2003
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