Texas Pecan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 lb. oleo
7 eggs, separated
5 c. flour
1 oz. lemon extract
1 tsp. soda, dissolved in 4 Tbsp. warm grape juice
1 qt. chopped pecans
1 lb. candied red and green pineapple, cut fine
1 lb. candied red cherries, cut in half

Preparation

Cream the oleo and sugar.
Add egg yolks one at a time.
Add flour one cup at a time.
Add extract and grape juice with soda in it; stir well.
Fold in fruit and nuts that have been dredged in flour; beat well.
Beat egg whites stiff and fold in well.
Bake in tube pans which have been greased and floured.
Bake for 4 hours at 250\u00b0.
It make take a little longer than 4 hours.