Japanese Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg or mace
1 tsp. soda
1 c. chopped raisins
1 c. pecans, chopped

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar together.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift all dry ingredients together and combine with first mixture.
Mix flour with raisins and nuts.
Mix well.
Pour into 8-inch layer cake pans and bake in a slow oven at 300\u00b0 about an hour or until cake leaves sides of pan.