Friendship Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (6 oz.) can frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 (10 oz.) jar maraschino cherries, undrained
2 c. raisins
1 (8 oz.) pkg. dried apricots, cut up
1 (5 1/4 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained

Preparation

Day One:
Mix apple juice concentrate and 3 cans hot water in 2-quart plastic or glass container with a lid.
Add sugar, lemon juice, yeast and cherries; stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cover and let stand at room temperature, stirring twice more that day.