Martha Washington Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. candied red cherries
1/2 lb. candied green cherries
1 c. Crisco
4 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. Brazil nuts
1/2 lb. English walnuts
2 c. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. milk

Preparation

Cream Crisco and sugar; add beaten eggs. Mix nuts, cherries, flour, salt and baking powder. Add milk and flour alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla. Bake in three 9-inch layers in 375\u00b0 oven. Cool and ice with Coconut Icing.