Easy Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. water
1/3 c. shortening
1 c. raisins
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. fruit cake mix or other dried fruit
1/2 c. chopped nuts
honey
candied cherry halves or nut pieces

Preparation

Bring sugar, water, shortening and raisins to a boil.
Let cool a little. Add flour, soda and salt.
Stir to mix. Add fruit cake mix and chopped nuts. Grease a loaf pan. Cut waxed or brown paper to fit bottom of pan and grease again.
Pour batter in pan and bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour or until done. Remove from pan and remove paper. Glaze with honey and decorate with cherries or nuts.