Layer Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
4 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 c. milk plus juice from cherries
3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 c. nuts
2 (8 oz.) cherries
1 tsp. allspice
1 box dates
8 oz. raisins

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter; add egg yolks (beaten), then add milk and juice, flour and baking powder.
Beat egg whites stiff and fold in last.
Divide into 2 parts.
To one part, add 2 cups nuts and two 8 ounce packages of cherries.
To the other part, add 1 teaspoon of allspice, 1 box dates (chopped) and 8 ounces of raisins.
Bake in layer pans (4).
Put together alternate layers with filling.