Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1 c. sugar
5 eggs
1 3/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. pineapple, cut up
4 c. pecans, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. lemon flavoring

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add well beaten eggs.
Cream well together.
Sift baking powder and flour twice; add to creamed mixture, then add cherries and remaining ingredients.
Press into well-greased tube pan and put in cold oven and bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.