Miss Nell Callis' Dark Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. butter
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
5 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
1 lb. mixed fruit
1/4 lb. red and green candied cherries
1 lb. chopped dates
6 apples, chopped
3 oranges, chopped
1 lb. nuts (pecans and walnuts)
1 lb. coconut
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
1 small jar sweet red cherries
2 boxes raisins, which have been soaked and floured
1 small jar mincemeat
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg and allspice

Preparation

Cut up all fruit together; add coconut, pineapple, sweet cherries and mincemeat.
Let stand in fridge overnight.
Next day, mix cake ingredients as usual.
In a very large pan, stir the fruit into cake mixture.
Grease and line with wax or brown paper 2 medium tube cake pans and one loaf pan.
Cook at 300\u00b0 with a shallow pan of water in oven (keep water in this at all times) for 2 to 3 hours.
Keep testing for doneness.