Light Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. almond extract
3 c. candied cherries, cut in half
3 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. butter
3 c. chopped nuts
6 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 3/4 c. plain flour

Preparation

Sift sugar; cream sugar with butter and beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
Sift and measure flour.
Resift with baking powder. Add grated rinds and extracts to creamed mixture.
Sprinkle nuts and cherries with part of flour mixture.
Add remainder of flour and baking powder mixture to cake mixture and stir until smooth. Fold in nuts and cherries.
Add 3/8 teaspoon salt to egg whites and beat until stiff.
Fold in beaten egg whites in cake mixture.
Bake in a 10-inch tube cake pan at 250\u00b0 for about 1 1/2 hours or until done.