White Fruit Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream butter and sugar; add well beaten egg yolks and lemon extract.
2. 2
   Add flour; mix well.
3. 3
   Soak raisins and drain well.
4. 4
   I mix raisins, pecans and candied fruit in 1 cup of flour and coat well, then add this to your butter and sugar mixture.
5. 5
   Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter.
6. 6
   Pour mixture into loaf pans.
7. 7
   Decorate top with cherries and pecans.
8. 8
   Bake at 200° for 1 1/2 hours, then increase heat to 300° for 20 to 30 minutes.
9. 9
   Makes 8 small foil pans or about 5 (2 pound) foil pans.