Mix these ingredients together:

1 lb. butter
1 lb. brown sugar
1 lb. flour

Add the following ingredients:

1 lb. dates
2 1/2 lbs. white raisins
1 1/2 lbs. currants or Sultana raisins
1 sm. jar each maraschino cherries, red and green
1/2 c. fruit juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. cut walnut meat
1 c. blanched almonds
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger

To combine mixture above, add:

10 eggs
1/2 c. molasses
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder

To cook: Place mixture in whatever size baking pans (2 inch high) you have and bake at a slow heat (around 300 degrees) for 2 to 3 hours, depending on size of pans. (It can also be baked in a cake tin (lined with wax paper) as a whole cake (10 inch round x 2 inch).

Once cooled, it is delicious dressed with a 1/4 inch of marzipan laid over top as an icing. Place marzipan between 2 sheets of waxed paper and roll out to desired thickness. Cake can now be decorated in the Christmas spirit. From the kitchen of Haley and Peter.