Summer Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 cups flour (I use 1 cup white and 1 cup whole-wheat)
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3 eggs
    3/4 cup buttermilk
    1/2 cup oil
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1 1/2 cups summer fruit, chopped and drained (apricots, nectarines, peaches and plums are good, use a mixture if possible)
    1 cup chopped nuts
    1 cup coconut
    1 cup raisins
    For glaze
    2/3 cup sugar
    1/3 cup buttermilk
    1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
    2 tablespoons light corn syrup
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preparation
    To make cake: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
    Grease and flour 9x13-inch pan.
    Combine flour-salt in bowl.
    Beat eggs-vanilla in large bowl.
    Add flour mixture to egg mixture.
    Stir in remaining ingredients (fruit-raisins).
    Pour into prepared pan.
    Bake for 40-45 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
    While cake is baking make glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients (sugar-baking soda) in large saucepan over medium heat.
    Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
    Remove from heat.
    Stir in vanilla.
    When cake is done, remove from oven and poke entire surface of cake with a toothpick.
    Pour glaze over hot cake slowly.

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