Fruit Cake

By Kathy Johnson

Ingredients

• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1 cup butter
• 1 2/3 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup sherry or wine
• 2 cups broken nuts
• 1 bag white raisins
• 1 1/2 cup red & green candied cherries
• 1 1/2 cup candied pineapple

Preparation

Step 1

Sift first 6 dry ingredients; set aside. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time. Mix all ingredients and mix well. Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans at 300 degrees for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.