Holiday Fruitcake

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 4 c. sugar
• 6 c. flour (Wondra)
• 4 sticks butter (1 lb.)
• 1 lb. blanched almonds, chopped
• 1 lb. pecans, chopped
• 1 lb. tropical fruit, diced
• 1 lb. glace cherries, diced
• 1 lb. glace pineapple, diced
• 1 lb. pitted dates, cut up
• 1 lb. yellow raisins
• 2 coconuts, ground fine
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 qt. buttermilk
• 1 1/2 c. bourbon