Alice'S Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 oz. chopped dates
4 oz. orange peel
4 oz. lemon peel
8 oz. red cherries
8 oz. light raisins
8 oz. dark raisins
1 c. butter
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 c. pear honey preserves
3/4 c. orange juice
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Cream the butter and brown sugar. Add eggs.
Mix in pear honey.
Sift dry ingredients and mix 1/2 cup fruit and nut mixture. Add to creamed mixture, then add dry ingredients alternately with orange juice.
Makes 3 medium size loaves.
Bake in preheated oven at 275\u00b0 for 3 to 3 1/2 hours.