FRUIT CAKE 
1/2 lb. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
5 eggs
2 c. flour
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. salt
1 lb. pecans (3 c.)
1 lb. cherries
1 c. candied pineapple
1/2 lb. black walnuts
1 can angel flake coconut (8 oz.)

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add 1 cup of flour with allspice and salt mixed in. Add coconut. Add other cup of flour to nuts and fruit and mix together so that flour covers all fruit and nuts.

Add batter to nuts and fruits and mix. Bake at 225 degrees for 3 1/2 hours. Put a pan of water in oven while baking.

 

Recipe Index