Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. raisins
• 2 c. warm water
• 1/2 c. Crisco oil
• 1 Tbsp. vanilla
• 1 c. cold water
• 2 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. cloves
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 c. pineapple (crushed)
• 1 (10 oz.) jar chopped maraschino cherries
• 1 c. apricots (canned), cut up and drained
• 5 1/2 oz. dates (bar)
• 4 c. flour
• pineapple (crushed)
• cherries (halves)
• pecan halves