1/2 lb. red cherries, dried
4 rings pineapple, cut up
1/2 lb. walnuts, broken
1/2 lb. green cherries
1 lb. dates, cut
1/2 lb. pecans

Marinate overnight in about 4 jiggers of apricot brandy. Keep in tightly covered container. Mix 1 cup flour to the above and stir well. Beat together: 2 c. sugar 4 eggs 2 c. flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 c. sour cream

Cream the above ingredients and add the first mixture and mix it by hand. Line your pans with brown paper, greasing the pans with paper. Pour into the pans and bake at 300 degrees for 2 1/2 hours in loaf pan and 3 hours in tube pan.