My holiday baking stretched out a bit during this season. I baked this recipe on New Year's Eve. Some prep occurred several days prior. I made three cups of Earl grey tea and simmered the candied fruit for two hours. I also set out ½ cup of butter to soften it at room temperature. Everything in this recipe was stirred by hand.

Ingredients

Fruit cake mix, 12 ounces

Earl grey tea, 3 teabags

Water, 1 quart

Flour, 2 cups

Baking powder, 2 tsp

Butter, ½ cup

Eggs, 2

Sugar, 1 cup

Vanilla, 1 tsp

Oil spray, to coat a bread pan

Pecan halves, one dozen

Preparation

Make a quart of Earl gre...