Fruit candy

Ingredients:

½ pound butter
2 cups ofbrown sugar
4 egg yolks slightly beaten
1 cup of evaporated milk 397gr.
1 tablespoon of baking powder
2 cups of flour
1 cup of candied fruit
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of rum
½ cup of chopped almonds
4 egg whites until stiff
 
Preparation:

Marinate the candied fruit, the raisins and the nuts in the rum for 24 hours.

Whisk the first 4 ingredients until the mixture is creamy.

Add baking powder sifted with flour before, marinated fruit, rum and almonds.

Continue beating until well blended.

Add the egg whites until stiff with a stirring motion.

Pour into a round mold of 25 cm in diameter and place in the oven preheated to 350 º F (180 º C) for one hour.

Hot unmold and cool.

If you want you can decorate to taste with the reserved glaze.