White Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 lb. margarine
8 eggs
1 (2 oz.) bottle lemon extract
4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 lb. pecans
1 lb. pineapple, candied
1 lb. red cherries, candied

Preparation

Cream margarine
and
sugar.
Add
eggs, one at a time. Add lemon extract, 2 cups flour with baking powder sifted into it. Cut
fruit
and
dredge
with the remaining 2 cups flour. Add dredged
fruit
and
nuts to batter.
Turn into a prepared tube pan (line with wax paper) and bake at 275\u00b0 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Put a pan of water under the cake while baking.