Light Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
10 eggs
4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
juice of 1 orange
juice of 1 lemon
2 lb. white raisins
1/2 lb. coconut
1/2 lb. glazed red cherries
1/2 lb. green cherries
1/4 lb. glazed pineapple
1/2 lb. almonds
1 tsp. almond or vanilla

Preparation

Prepare 2 loaf pans by lining with foil.
Cream the butter. Add sugar gradually; beat until creamy.
Add almond flavor.
Sift dry ingredients.
Prepare fruit and nuts by cutting in small pieces and coating with flour.
Now, beat eggs; add to first part. Add dry ingredients.
Alternate with fruit and nuts and juices, beating after each addition.
Pour into prepared pans.
Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours in a 275\u00b0 oven.