Fruit Cake, Kentucky Bourbon - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. butter, softened
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
1/2 c. molasses
4 c. flour
1 heaping tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 lb. raisins
1 c. chopped candied pineapple
1 c. chopped candied cherries
1 c. orange marmalade
2 lb. chopped pecans
1 c. bourbon
apple slices

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time.
Combine dry ingredients together.
Mix fruit, marmalade and nuts in a large bowl.
Add 1 cup of dry ingredients to egg and sugar mix, alternating with bourbon.
Stir in fruit mix.
Bake in greased and papered 10-inch pan at 250\u00b0 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Cool.
Wrap in cloth dampened with bourbon.
Place in airtight container along with apple slices.
Allow cake to ripen before cutting, about 1 month.
Yields 8 pounds.