Mom'S Fruitcake Rocks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 lbs butter, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
12 eggs
6 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 lbs candied cherries, slight chopped (I use 1 green and 1 red)
2 lbs candied pineapple, slightly chopped
1 lb mixed candied fruit, slightly chopped
3 quarts slightly chopped nuts
1/2 cup grape juice (red or white, but not dry) or 1/2 cup wine (red or white, but not dry)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs and cream.
Slowly mix in flour and juice or wine.
Add fruit and mix well.
Be sure that the fruit is chopped in large chunks.
Add nuts and mix.
Drop by large tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet and bake until brown.
(Mother never timed, she just knew. I am estimating the time to be 20 minutes per cookie sheet, but this could vary depending on size of cookies).