Beulah'S Fruit Cake

14 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 c. cake flour
  • 1 lb. soft margarine
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 6 well beaten egg yolks
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 Tbsp. water
  • 2 oz. lemon extract
  • 1/2 lb. chopped dates
  • 1 lb. white raisins
  • 1 qt. pecans
  • 8 qt. candied red cherries
  • 8 oz. candied green cherries
  • 8 oz. candied pineapple
  • 6 stiffly beaten egg whites

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream well together margarine and sugar.
  2. 2
    Add beaten egg yolks.
  3. 3
    Add soda, which has been dissolved in the water.
  4. 4
    Add lemon extract and mix thoroughly.
  5. 5
    Set aside.
  6. 6
    In a large bowl, mix dates, raisins, pecans and candied fruits with about 1/4 of the flour.
  7. 7
    Mix remainder of flour into the sugar, butter mixture, then add fruit and nut mix and stir until thoroughly blended. Beat egg whites and fold in.
  8. 8
    Spray a large tube pan with nonstick spray.
  9. 9
    Pour in batter, making sure it settles down into pan. Bake at 275° for 3 hours until wooden pick comes out clean.

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