The Best Ever Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. candied pineapple
4 oz. container lemon peel
4 oz. container orange peel
8 oz. pkg. pecans
8 oz. pkg. raisins
1/2 lb. (2 sticks) butter (do not substitute with margarine)
1/2 lb. brown sugar
5 eggs
1 Tbsp. vanilla
juice from 1/2 orange, thoroughly squeezed
juice from 1/2 lemon, thoroughly squeezed
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 jar grape jelly
1/2 c. Welch's grape juice

Preparation

Preheat oven to 200\u00b0.
This fruit cake is baked in a very slow oven.
Sift flour with the baking powder and baking soda.
Add cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg.
Set flour mixture aside.
Cream butter and eggs together until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla to egg mixture.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture. Add, one at a time, the orange juice, lemon juice and the Welch's grape juice.
Stir mixture until all ingredients are well blended. Add grape jelly.
Blend well.
Place candied cherries, candied pineapple, lemon peel, orange peel, pecans and raisins in a large bowl and mix well.
Fold this mixture into the batter.
Mix thoroughly.