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Fruit Cake

Category: Desserts
Ingredients:

1 lb. butter
1 lb. sugar
10 eggs
1 lb. bread flour
3 lb. mixed fruit
1-1/2 lb. Nuts
cinnamon, cloves, all spice (to taste)
vanilla, rum, lemon (to taste)

Preparation - Directions:

Soak fruit one day before cooking in rum or brandy, stirring occasionally. Cream soft butter, sugar, spices and flavorings. Slowly add in eggs, stirring. Fold in bread flour. Add fruit and nuts. Bake at 375° in waterbath. Test for doneness with toothpick. Makes four 2 lb. cakes.