Fruit Cake

Name: Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 4 c. plain flour, sifted; 3 c. sugar; 3 sticks margarine (at room temperature); 7 eggs; 3 c. pecans, chopped; 1/2 lb. candied cherries; 1/2 lb. box white raisins; 3 tsp. vanilla flavoring; 2 tsp. lemon flavoring

9 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

4 c. plain flour, sifted
3 c. sugar
3 sticks margarine (at room temperature)
7 eggs
3 c. pecans, chopped
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1/2 lb. box white raisins
3 tsp. vanilla flavoring
2 tsp. lemon flavoring

Directions

1

Use 1/2 cup flour to coat raisins, cherries and pecans.
2

You can add some cooked figs also if desired.
3

Grease and flour a large tube pan.
4

Turn oven to 300°.
5

Cream sugar and margarine good.
6

Add flavorings and eggs, one at a time.
7

Add flour, one cup at a time, mixing well.
8

Then take spatula and fold in raisins, cherries and pecans that have been coated in flour.
9

Bake in oven at 300° for 2 hours.
10

(Place pecan halves around on mixture before placing pan in oven.)
11

Cool cake 15 to 20 minutes before removing from pan.