Fruitcake

This recipe I got from my dear Aunt who has been gone for over 30 years now. People who don't like Fruitcake love this one. This is the best one I have ever eaten, my daughter Christine can eat a 2 pound cake by herself. This cake is very rich.

• Ready In: 7 hrs
• Yields: 1 5lb cake

Ingredients

• 1  lb  candied cherry
• 1  lb  candied pineapple
• 1  lb dates
• 2  lbs pecans
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  cups flour
• 8  eggs
• 1  teaspoon clove
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon allspice
• 4 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder

Directions

1. Chop 1st four ingriedients.
2. Mix eggs & sugar.
3. mix flour with spices and baking powder.
4. Layer cherries, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecan.
5. Layer pinapple, sprinkle flour mixture, layer pecans.
6. Layer dates, sprinkle flour mixture layer pecans.
7. Repeat layers till all used up.
8. Pour egg and sugar mixture over fruit and nuts, mix well by hand.
9. Line pans that are used with wax paper and packed with mixture and put in a 225* oven and bake till toothpick inserted comes out clean.
10. Let cool and pull wax paper off.
11. Wrap cake in Saran Wrap.
12. May put 1/2 cherries and whold pecans on top to decorate.