Progressive Farmer Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
4 eggs, unbeaten
1 tsp. orange juice or extract
1/2 lb. candied green pineapple, cut in narrow strips
1/2 lb. red candied cherries, chopped
4 c. pecans, some halves and some chopped
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. applesauce
1 tsp. salt
2 c. chopped dates

Preparation

Empty cake mix into bowl and add applesauce, eggs, salt and juice.
Beat 3 minutes or until creamy and smooth.
Combine fruits and nuts and dredge them in the flour.
Stir into the batter.
Line 2 (8 x 4 x 3-inch) loaf pans with a triple thickness of waxed paper and grease well.
Pour batter into pans and bake at 275\u00b0 for 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Cool cakes on a rack until thoroughly cool. Remove from pans leaving paper attached to cakes.
Wrap cakes in aluminum foil and refrigerate or freeze until ready to use.
Yields 2 large or 4 small loaves.