Old Fashioned Dark Fruit Cake

• 1 1/2 c. butter
• 2 1/4 c. sugar
• 6 eggs
• 4 1/2 c. self-rising flour
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 2 tsp. allspice
• 1 1/2 c. orange juice
• 16 oz. candied cherries (red and green)
• 16 oz. candied pineapple
• 1 box white raisins
• 16 oz. fruit cake mix
• 1 pt. figs, drained or 8 oz. chopped dates
• 4 c. pecans

1. Cream the butter, sugar and eggs. Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Mix together in a dish pan the cherries, pineapple, raisins, fruit cake mix, chopped dates and pecans. Add the creamed mixture alternately with flour mixture and 1 1/2 cups orange juice. Pour over fruit and mix well (by hand). Divide into 2 well-greased and floured tube pans. Bake at 250u0b0 for approximately 2 hours. After 1 hour of baking, cakes can be decorated on top.

butter, sugar, eggs, flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, orange juice, candied cherries, candied pineapple, white raisins, fruit cake mix, figs, pecans

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=104286 (may not work)