Resourceful Recipes - Part 8, Old Bottled Fruit or Jam

Ideas for Using Up Old Bottled Fruit or Jam:
1) Make "Spoiled Fruit Cake". (recipe below)
2) Make "Spice Cake." (recipe below)
3) Use old jam to make "Old Jam Cookies." (recipe below)

Recipe for Spoiled Fruit Cake:
4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
3 tsp. cinnamon
3 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cloves
1 quart fruit
1 cup oil
1 egg
3 1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix together in a large bowl: flour, sugar, salt and spices. In blender, combine fruit, plus the juice, egg, and oil and blend well. Add half of the dry mixture & blend. Then add baking soda. Be careful, as this will foam up. Add to the other mixture. You may add raisins, chocolate chips, or nuts, if desired. Bake in 3 loaf tins or a 9x19" pan at 325 degrees F for 1 hour.

Recipe for Spice Cake:
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups fruit, drained
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
nuts and raisins, optional

Mix baking soda with fruit and let stand while you sift the dry ingredients together. Add oil, eggs, vanilla, fruit and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 40-60 minutes.

Recipe for Old Jam Cookies:
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup jam
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts

Beat shortening, jam, egg, vanilla, flour, baking soda and salt with electric mixer. Add chips and nuts. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes.