Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. pitted dates, chopped
1 lb. pecans, chopped
1/4 lb. red candied cherries, chopped
1/4 lb. green candied cherries, chopped
1/2 lb. candied, sliced pineapple, chopped
1 c. sugar
1 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Combine dates, pecans, red and green cherries and pineapple in large bowl; set aside.
Combine dry ingredients; add to fruit mixture, stirring well.
Stir in eggs and vanilla.
Spoon batter into a greased and brown paper lined 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool cake completely in pan; then remove from pan and remove brown paper.