Old Fashioned Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
10 eggs
2 1/2 c. sugar
5 c. flour (4 plain, 1 self-rising)
1/2 box cake spice
1/2 c. cane syrup
3/4 tsp. soda
3/4 tsp. sherry wine
1 box seeded raisins
1 box seedless raisins
1 qt. pecans
1 lb. green cherries
1 lb. red cherries
1 lb. red and green pineapple

Preparation

Cut up nuts, cherries and pineapple.
Cover with 1 cup flour (plain).
Add cake spices to mixture and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add soda to syrup and stir into butter mixture.
Add flour and wine alternately, small amount at a time, until ingredients are completely mixed.
Stir in fruit mixture.
Bake at 275\u00b0 in 2 (9 or 10-inch) cake pans for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.