Old-Fashioned Dark Fruit Cake(5 Pounds)

• 1 lb. candied fruit
• 1 lb. seedless raisins
• 1 lb. chopped dates
• 1/2 lb. walnuts or pecans
• 1/4 c. molasses or honey
• 1/4 c. dark fruit juice (prune or grape)
• 1 c. butter or shortening
• 1 1/4 c. brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 c. sifted flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. mace
• 1/2 tsp. cloves

1. Mix fruit, nuts, molasses and fruit juice.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Beat in eggs one at a time.
4. Add fruits, then dry ingredients.
5. Bake in slow oven (300u0b0) with a pan of water on floor of oven.
6. I use a tube pan for baking and test for doneness after about 1 hour.
7. This recipe has become a tradition for the past 40 years.

candied fruit, raisins, dates, walnuts, molasses, fruit juice, butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, mace, cloves

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=986433 (may not work)