Delta Delight Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 eggs
2 cups sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. vanilla flavoring
1 Tbsp. almond flavoring
1 lb. chopped dates
1 1/2 lbs. chopped candied cherries
6 cups chopped pecans

Preparation

Beat eggs together.
Add the sugar and cream well.
Add flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and almond flavorings.
Add dates, cherries, pineapple and nuts.
Hand mix well.
Pack into wax paper lined, greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 250 degrees 4 to 5 hours over a pan of water.
Let cake cool completely before removing
from pan.