Candied Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dates
1 lb. candied cherries
2 c. plain flour
1 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 lb. candied pineapple
2 lb. nuts (8 c.)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Cut up\tfruit
and
nuts.
Sift
together flour, baking powder and salt.
Dredge
fruit and nuts in flour.
Beat eggs; add sugar. Pour over dredged fruit and nuts.\tMix well.
Bake in paper-lined pans at
275\u00b0 on bottom rack of oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. (Use
loaf\tpans.)\tOr
you may use a 10-inch tube pan and bake 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 275\u00b0.