Fruit Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream butter and sugar well.
2. 2
   Add eggs, one at a time and mix thoroughly.
3. 3
   Gradually add flour, baking powder and then the fruit and orange rind.
4. 4
   Nuts may be added to the mixture or sprinkled in bottom of pan before adding the batter.
5. 5
   The cake is baked in a special grooved pan which is about 4 inches across and 11 inches long and resembles a tube which has been cut lengthwise.
6. 6
   Grease and flour pan and add batter.
7. 7
   Bake at 350° for 60 minutes.
8. 8
   Cool a few minutes and then turn pan upside-down on a wire rack to cool completely.