Old Fashioned Fruitcake

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons brandy flavoring
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 pounds ready mix candied fruit
• 1 pound seedless raisins
• 3/4 pound candied pineapple
• 3/4 pound whole candied cherries
• 2 cups pecan halves
• Garnish: light corn syrup and pecan halves

1. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar and eggs with an electric mixer until fluffy, adding eggs one at a time until yolk dissapears. Stir in flavoring.
2. Sift together next 4 ingredients and mix thoroughly with butter and egg mixture. Work the fruit and nuts into batter with hands. Grease and flour a 19" tube pan.
3. Fill pan 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 275u0b0 for 3 hours. One-half hour before cake is done, brush top with corn syrup. Decorate with pecan halves and finish baking. Cool. If desired, place cake, wrapped in a wine-soaked cloth, in an airtight container. Store in a cool place for several weeks; this blends and mellows the cake.

butter, sugar, eggs, brandy flavoring, allpurpose, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, raisins, pineapple, candied cherries, pecan halves, light corn syrup

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/old-fashioned-fruit-cake (may not work)