Old-Fashioned Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. candied fruit, chopped
3 c. pitted and chopped dates
3 c. raisins
2 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 c. molasses
1/4 c. grape juice
1 c. margarine
1 1/4 c. dark brown sugar
4 large eggs
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. powdered cloves
1/2 tsp. mace

Preparation

Combine fruits and nuts with molasses and grape juice.
Cream margarine and brown sugar until fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time; add to fruit mixture.
Sift flour with salt, baking soda and spices and stir into fruit and egg mixture.
Stir until well mixed.
Pour batter into two well-greased loaf pans or a tube pan that has been lined with greased foil.
Bake at 275\u00b0 for about 2 1/2 hours (about 4 1/2 hours in a tube pan) or until toothpick inserted in cakes comes out clean.
Check often but do not underbake.
Cool cake thoroughly.
Peel off foil from tube cake before wrapping in a cloth moistened with wine or grape juice.