Easy Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. seedless raisins
1 c. seeded raisins
1 lb. can cling peaches, drained and chopped
1 c. shortening
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. orange juice
2 (1 lb.) jars candied mixed fruit
2 c. chopped walnuts
4 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cloves

Preparation

Grease 2 (9 x 5 x 3-inch) loaf pans.
Combine raisins, peaches, shortening, sugar and orange juice in a saucepan and heat just to boiling.
Remove from heat; pour into large bowl.
Cool.
Add candies, fruits and nuts to cooled mixture.
Stir in beaten eggs. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves together.
Beat into fruit-nut mixture.
Spoon batter into prepared pans.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 2 hours or until cakes test done.
Decorate to your liking.
Makes 2 cakes.