Famed Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1 c. sugar
5 eggs, beaten
1 3/4 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 lb. pineapple (candied)
1 lb. glazed cherries
4 c. pecans, chopped
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. lemon flavoring

Preparation

Cream the butter; add sugar gradually, creaming until fluffy. Add eggs.
Blend into mixture.
Chop fruit and nuts.
Sift flour; measure and sift again with baking powder.
Mix flour with fruit and nuts.
Fold flour mixture into butter mixture.
Add flavoring and mix well.
Pour into a greased, paper-lined tube pan.
Place in cold oven and bake at 250\u00b0 for about 2 1/2 hours.
Makes a 5-pound cake.