Coconut Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb coconut, shredded
1 cup nuts, chopped (English walnuts, black walnuts, pecans or butternuts)
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 lb candied cherry
1 cup white raisins
1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter together.
Add eggs one at a time and milk.
Add sifted ingredients.
Add cherries, raisins and coconut making sure they are completely covered with batter.
Then add nuts and vanilla.
Batter will be very thick.
Cut a piece of cardboard the size of bottom of loaf pan and put in pan.
Line with wax paper.
Then grease well.
Spoon batter into pan.
Bake at 300 deg F.
for approximately 2 hours.