Ma-Ma Eva'S Light Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pound butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs separated
4 cups flour
1 cup sliced red cherries
1 cup sliced pineapples
4 ounces vanilla flavor
4 ounces lemon flavor
1/2 cup white wine (optional)
1 pound chopped pecans
1 cup sliced green cherries
1 cup white raisins

Preparation

Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar together, add egg yolks and beat until well blended, and add most of flour, and save a small portion of it to dredge your fruits and nuts in. Add flavors and wine and blend well.
Dredge fruits and nuts in remaining flour in a large pan.
Place batter into pan with dredged fruits and nuts and blend together with a large spoon.
Beat egg whites with mixer until they become foamy looking and mix them into batter, fruits, and nuts.
Line cake pan with wax paper and bake for 1 1/2 hours for loaf pans or 2 1/2 hours for tube pan.
When cake is done, you may pour wine on top of cake, before wrapping tightly and periodically while it sits before cutting.