Christmas Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. black walnuts
1/2 lb. green candied cherries
frozen coconut
1/2 lb. margarine
5 eggs
1 c. pecans, broken
1/2 lb. red cherries
2 c. plain flour
1 2/3 c. sugar
dash of salt

Preparation

Combine nuts, cherries and coconut; add flour and mix.
Cream butter until light and fluffy.
Add sugar gradually and continue to cream; add eggs one at a time, blending well after each.
Add salt and flour mixture; blend.
Pour into a greased and floured tube pan, line bottom with wax paper and cover top with foil. Place a pan of hot water in the bottom of oven.
Bake in oven at 250\u00b0 to 275\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours, removing foil for the last hour of baking.
Cake is done when top feels slick and sinks slightly from sides of pan.