Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon (optional depending on 'add ins' you use)
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 2 cups fruit
  • apple, grated
  • applesauce
  • apricot, chopped
  • banana, mashed
  • carrot, grated
  • cherries, pitted and chopped
  • dates, chopped
  • eggplant, ground up
  • fig, chopped
  • marmalade (reduce sugar to 1 cup)
  • mincemeat
  • orange, chopped
  • peach
  • pineapple, crushed and well drained
  • pumpkin
  • raisins
  • raspberries
  • rhubarb
  • yam, cooked and mashed
  • zucchini, grated and drained

Method

  • Sift dry ingredients; set aside. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add oil and sugar; cream well. Add 'add ins' and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Mix well. Add nuts.
  • Spoon into 2 well greased loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
  • *Makes 2 Large Loafs -- but at Holiday time, I use the small foil pans for gifts -- usually 5 at a time!