Overnight Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. oleo
1 lb. light brown sugar
6 eggs, separated
4 c. plain flour
1 lb. red candied cherries
1 lb. green candied pineapple
4 c. pecan pieces
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 oz. lemon extract

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks, then 3 cups flour with baking powder.
Take 1 cup of flour and mix with nuts and fruit. Add this and extract to rest of batter.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Grease a tube pan.
Pour in mixture and let set in refrigerator overnight.
Preheat oven to 250\u00b0.
Bake 3 1/2 hours.