Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
4 c. sifted flour
1 lb. candied cherries, halved
1 lb. pecans (2 1/4 c.), coarsely chopped
1 lb. candied pineapple, chopped
1 lb. dates, chopped
6 eggs, separated
1 tsp. lemon extract

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks and other ingredients. Add beaten egg whites last.
Cook in 2 greased 9-inch loaf pans at 300\u00b0 until done, approximately 2 hours.
Cake is done when it pulls away from side of pan.