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       Title: PAT'S FRIENDSHIP CAKE BRANDIED STARTER
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
            -Pat Dwigans fwds07a-
            -STARTER | BRANDIED FRUIT-
       1 cn Pineapple chunks; drained,
            - 15 1/4 oz can
       1 cn Sliced peaches; drained,
            - 16-oz can
       1 cn Apricot halves; drained,
            - 17-oz can
       1    Jar Maraschino cherries;
            - drained, 10-oz jar
   1 1/4 c  Sugar
   1 1/4 c  Brandy; OR Apricot, OR
            - Peach brandy
  
   Combine all ingredients in a clean non metal bowl; stir gently. Cover and
   let stand at room temp for 3 weeks stirring fruit twice a week. Serve fruit
   over ice cream or pound cake, reserving at least 1 cup starter at all
   times.  To replenish starter, add 1 cup sugar and one of te fruit every 1
   to 3 weeks, alternating fruit each time; stir gently. Cover and let stand
   at room temperature 3 days before using. Yield. 6 cups.
   
   See recipe for Friendship Fruitcake.
  
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