Nonny's Fruitcake Recipe | Land O’Lakes

Ingredients

• Cake
• 1 cup sweetened chunky-style applesauce
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups (8 ounces) chopped dates
• 1 cup currants
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup golden raisins
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries, coarsely chopped, <em>reserve liquid</em>
• 1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter softened
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 large Land O Lakes® Eggs
• 1/2 cup whiskey *
• Glaze
• 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons Water
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice