Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 eggs, whites and yolks separated into two bowls
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup rum (or 1/2 cup rum & 1/2 cup water; Non-rum option: use 4 tsp. rum extract & 1 cup water)
2 8 oz. packages chopped dates
1 8 oz. candied cherries, diced
1 8 oz. candied pineapple, diced
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups raisins
3-4 cups chopped walnuts, diced

Preparation

(You can substitute other candied fruit.)