Texas Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 lb. butter
7 eggs, separated
5 c. flour
1 oz. lemon extract
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in 1/4 c. warm grape juice
4 c. chopped pecans
1 lb. candied pineapple, chopped
1 lb. candied red cherries, chopped
1/2 lb. green cherries, chopped

Preparation

Cream the butter and sugar well. Add beaten egg yolks. Combine nuts and fruits with some of the flour and stir until coated.
Add flour, a little at a time, to creamed mixture. Add extract and grape juice. Add fruit and nuts; fold in.
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in. Bake in well-greased tube pan at 250\u00b0 for 4 hours or until done.