Best Fruit Cake

Directions

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   Cream butter; add sugar.
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   Cream well until fluffy.
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   Add eggs, one at a
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   time;
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   mix well. Sift flour and baking powder together. Chop nuts and fruit and mix with some flour.
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   Fold in flour mixture
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   with
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   butter mixture.
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   Add vanilla and lemon extracts; mix
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    well. Fold
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    in
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    nuts and
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    fruit.
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    Pour
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    into greased, paper-lined tube
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    cake
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    pan.
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    Place
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    in cold oven and bake at 250° for 3 hours or until done.