The Taste of Christmas - Tanglewood Moms

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• ¼ pound German sweet chocolate (melted)
• 2 cups pecans, chopped (optional)
• 1 cup whole almonds (optional)
• 2 cups raisins, cut into quarters (or, you know, pulsed in a food processor until they are smaller than they started out)
• 8 ounces candied citron
• 3 ounces candied pineapple
• 6 ounces glacé cherries (I actually modified the recipe a bit and cut these in half)
• ½ cup bourbon
• 6 eggs, separated, reserving 2 whites for the icing
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons cloves
• 1 ½ cup confectioner’s sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract