Miss Nell Callis' Dark Fruit Cake

• 1 lb. butter
• 3 c. sugar
• 6 eggs
• 5 c. flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 lb. mixed fruit
• 1/4 lb. red and green candied cherries
• 1 lb. chopped dates
• 6 apples, chopped
• 3 oranges, chopped
• 1 lb. nuts (pecans and walnuts)
• 1 lb. coconut
• 1 can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 small jar sweet red cherries
• 2 boxes raisins, which have been soaked and floured
• 1 small jar mincemeat
• 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg and allspice

1. Cut up all fruit together; add coconut, pineapple, sweet cherries and mincemeat.
2. Let stand in fridge overnight.
3. Next day, mix cake ingredients as usual.
4. In a very large pan, stir the fruit into cake mixture.
5. Grease and line with wax or brown paper 2 medium tube cake pans and one loaf pan.
6. Cook at 300u0b0 with a shallow pan of water in oven (keep water in this at all times) for 2 to 3 hours.
7. Keep testing for doneness.

butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, mixed fruit, red and, dates, apples, oranges, nuts, coconut, pineapple, sweet red cherries, raisins, mincemeat, cinnamon, nutmeg

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=604145 (may not work)