Old Fashioned Fruit Cake #4

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup grape juice
• 3/4 cup sour milk
• 1 cup blackberry jam
• 1 cup watermelon rind preserves
• 1 cup fruit preserves fig
• 3 cups flour, all-purpose plain
• 4 cups pecans chopped
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 8 large eggs
• 2 small apples raw, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt optional
• 1 each raisins, seedless
• 1/2 pound candied pineapple
• 1 pound candied cherries
• 4 teaspoons cocoa powder