Mother'S Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
4 c. flour (cake flour sifted, then measure)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. candied cherries (red and green)
1/2 lb. candied pineapple
1 lb. chopped pecans (1 qt. or more)
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each.
Add 3 cups flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Mix remaining 1 cup flour with fruit and coat well.
Add to batter; mix well.
Pour in tube pan that has been lined and greased with brown paper.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours or until toothpick comes out clean.
Allow cake to cool in pan.