Franklin Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
4 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1/2 lb. candied pineapple
1 lb. pecans
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add beaten eggs.
Add 3 cups flour that has been sifted with baking powder and salt.
Mix remaining flour with cherries, pineapple and chopped pecans.
Stir into batter.
Add vanilla.
Pour into a greased tube pan.
Bake in a very slow oven at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours.
Allow to cool in pan.