White Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 whole eggs
1/2 lb butter, salted
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 - 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 lb candied cherry, chopped
1 lb candied pineapple, chopped
4 cups broken pecans
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon extract

Preparation

cream butter well,add sugar,and cream until fluffy.
beat eggs well and add,blend with creamed mixture.
chop fruit and nuts and mix with a small amount of the flour.
sift remaining flour.
fold into creamed mixture.
add flavoring.
fold in fruits and nuts.
line a tube pan or loaf pans with greased wax paper.
pour in batter.
put in a cold oven and bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours.
loaf pans for 2 1/2 hours.
cool in pan on rack.
or bake at 300 degrees until done,about 1 1/2 hours, or until it shrinks from the pan.
This cake can be frozen, it makes just a little less than 5 pounds, No liquid other than the flavorings is needed.