Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. citron
1/2 lb. lemon peel
1/2 lb. orange peel
2 pkg. pitted dates
1 pkg. raisins
1 lb. candied pineapple (3 colors)
1 lb. candied cherries (2 colors)
1 c. orange juice
1 lb. sugar
1/2 lb. coconut
3 c. chopped pecans
4 c. flour
1 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. baking powder
1 lb. butter
10 eggs

Preparation

Prepare fruit and nuts, chopping into medium size pieces. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of flour.
Mix with fingers until pieces are separated.
Add more flour if necessary.
Sift remaining flour with spices and other dry ingredients.
Cream butter; stir in sugar gradually, then the beaten eggs.
Add flour alternately with orange juice.
Pour batter over floured fruit and nuts and mix thoroughly.
Bake in wax paper-lined pans in sizes and shapes desired.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 to 4 hours.
Cool in pans.
Makes 12 pounds.