New Orleans Fruitcake

By Joan_Z

Ingredients

• 2 cups White sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 2 tsp. Vanilla extract
• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. Baking powder
• 2 lbs Pecan halves
• 1 lb Candied cherries
• 1 lb Candied pineapple
• 1 lb Pitted dates

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Grease and line pan with parchment paper - 2 5x9 loaf pans

Beat together eggs, sugar and vanilla until frothy

Sift together flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture.

Put a little flour over candied fruit to coat it prior to adding fruit to batter.

Mix well and pour into loaf pans and bake for 1 hour