Texas Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. margarine, softened
1 lb. brown sugar
4 c. plain flour
1 lb. chopped pecans
6 eggs, separated
1 lb. cherries (candied)
1 lb. pineapple (candied)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. lemon extract

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add well beaten egg yolks.
Sift together 3 cups of flour and baking powder and add to mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff and add.
Mix fruit and pecans with 1 cup of flour.
Mix this into the batter with a fork; pour into a tube pan and let stand in oven covered with foil.
Place pan of water on shelf under cake.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours, then 1 hour more at 300\u00b0.
Let stand 20 minutes before turning out on plate.