Japanese Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
3 c. self-rising flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 c. butter
6 eggs
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. milk
1 1/2 c. dates
1 1/2 c. candied cherries
1 c. pecans
1 c. black walnuts
1 c. raisins, chopped or cut
1 coconut, grated (frozen coconut may be used)

Preparation

Cream butter; add sugar and mix well.
Add eggs and beat.
Mix flour, baking powder, spice and cinnamon together and sift. Reserve 1 cup flour mixture.
Add remaining flour mixture and milk to first mixture.
Add coconut.
Sprinkle 1 cup flour over remaining ingredients and add to first mixture.
Mix well.
Pour into greased and floured cake pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 until done. This will make 2 small or 1 large cake.