Best Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
4 eggs, unbeaten
2 c. dates (1 lb.)
1 jar whole red candied cherries
1/2 c. applesauce
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. green candied pineapple
4 c. English walnuts, chopped

Preparation

Empty cake mix into bowl.
Add applesauce, eggs and salt. Beat 3 minutes until creamy.
Combine fruit and nuts with flour and mix well.
Stir into the batter.
Bake in slow oven at 275\u00b0 about 2 hours.
Cool thoroughly.
Wrap tightly in moisture proof wrap.
Store in refrigerator or freezer.
Makes three 3 1/2 x 7 1/2-inch cakes or five 3 x 5 1/2-inch cakes.
When using small pans, bake 1 hour and 25 minutes at 275\u00b0.