Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. dates
1 c. seedless raisins
2/3 c. butter
1 1/4 c. brown sugar, packed
1/4 c. dark molasses
1 1/2 c. hot water
2 eggs
1 jar Dromedary fruits and peels (1 lb. jar)
1 c. chopped nuts
3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Combine the dates, raisins, butter, brown sugar, molasses and hot water; simmer gently for 3 minutes.
Cool in a mixing bowl. Beat the eggs in cooled mixture.
Add the fruits and peels and chopped nuts.
Sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda, baking powder and salt.
Add this mixture gradually to the fruit mixture, beating well after each addition.
Pour into 9-inch tube pan lined with waxed paper.
Bake very slowly (275\u00b0) for 3 hours.