Old-Fashioned Dark Fruit Cake(5 Pounds) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. candied fruit
1 lb. seedless raisins
1 lb. chopped dates
1/2 lb. walnuts or pecans
1/4 c. molasses or honey
1/4 c. dark fruit juice (prune or grape)
1 c. butter or shortening
1 1/4 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. cloves

Preparation

Mix fruit, nuts, molasses and fruit juice.
Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Add fruits, then dry ingredients.
Bake in slow oven (300\u00b0) with a pan of water on floor of oven.
I use a tube pan for baking and test for doneness after about 1 hour.
This recipe has become a tradition for the past 40 years.