Lemon Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
1 lb. brown sugar
6 eggs
4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 oz. lemon extract
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. candied pineapple
1 lb. unchopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add egg yolks one at a time. Beat well each time.
Alternate lemon extract, 2 cups flour and baking powder. Dredge cut up fruit and nuts with the remaining 2 cups of flour.
Add to mixture.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Let stand overnight.
Bake in tube pan lined with greased and floured wax paper.
Bake 2 1/2 hours at 250\u00b0.