Texas Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. (real) butter
1 lb. brown sugar
6 eggs, separated
4 c. flour
1 lb. pecan meats
1 lb. candied cherries or 2 1/4 c.
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 oz. bottle lemon extract
1 lb. candied pineapple

Preparation

Cream butter
and
sugar;
add\twell
beaten egg yolks. Sift 3 cups
flour with baking powder.
Add to butter mixture. Add all of\tlemon
extract.
In
separate
bowl,
mix pecans, cherries and pineapple.
Sprinkle
1
cup
flour over and mix together. Beat egg
whites until stiff.
Fold in batter.
Add fruit mixture last.
Spoon
mixture into tube pan.
Let stand in refrigerator overnight. Bake at 250\u00b0 for 3 hours, then 300\u00b0 for 1 hour.\tCool thoroughly;
then turn out.