Old Fashioned Fruit Cake
- 1 lb. butter
- 10 eggs
- 2 1/2 c. sugar
- 5 c. flour (4 plain, 1 self-rising)
- 1/2 box cake spice
- 1/2 c. cane syrup
- 3/4 tsp. soda
- 3/4 tsp. sherry wine
- 1 box seeded raisins
- 1 box seedless raisins
- 1 qt. pecans
- 1 lb. green cherries
- 1 lb. red cherries
- 1 lb. red and green pineapple
- Cut up nuts, cherries and pineapple.
- Cover with 1 cup flour (plain).
- Add cake spices to mixture and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add soda to syrup and stir into butter mixture.
- Add flour and wine alternately, small amount at a time, until ingredients are completely mixed.
- Stir in fruit mixture.
- Bake at 275u0b0 in 2 (9 or 10-inch) cake pans for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
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