Lemon Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
6 eggs
4 c. flour (cake flour)
1 (2 oz.) bottle lemon extract
1 qt. pecans, chopped
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1/2 lb. candied pineapple

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add unbeaten eggs, one at a time.
Add flour and extract (flour, fruit and nuts); beat batter 2 minutes before adding fruit and nuts; mix well.
Bake in tube pan 30 minutes at 300\u00b0; reduce heat to 200\u00b0 and bake for 15 minutes. Serves 20.