{"id":2582,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:59","slug":"pumpkin-fruitcake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pumpkin-fruitcake\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Fruitcake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/2 C. unsweetened. apple orange juice<br \/>\n1\/2 C. raisins<br \/>\n1 C. dried figs; chopped<br \/>\n1 C. pumpkin; cooked or canned<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. sugar<br \/>\n1\/4 C. vegetable oil<br \/>\n1 1\/2 C. whole wheat flour<br \/>\n1 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n1 tsp. ground cinnamon<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. ground nutmeg<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. ground allspice<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp. ground cloves<br \/>\n1\/2 C. walnuts; chopped<br \/>\nOrange; rind grated (2 tsp. dry)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Combine the juice, raisins and figs in a bowl. Let stand for 1 hour or overnight. Beat  together pumpkin, sugar, and oil. Stir in the fruit mixture. Add the flour, baking soda,  baking powder and spices. Mix well. Add the nuts and orange rind. Stir to blend well.  Pour the batter into a lightly oiled 8 x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake in 325 oven for 40 to 45  minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan  for 5 minute. Remove from pan and cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Wrap in foil and  refrigerate until ready to use.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;But He answered and said, &quot;It is written, &#039;MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.&#039;&quot; (Matthew 4:4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/pumpkin-fruitcake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}