Fruit Cake

2 lb. dates
1 lb. each Brazil nuts and English Walnuts (1 lb in shell)
(They need to be shelled as whole as possible!)
1 glass jar red candied cherries
1 glass jar green candied cherries
(The small size?)
1 ½ cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 ½ cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
Mix the flour/sugar mixture into the fruit/nuts.
Add 4 beaten eggs.
Bake 1 ¾ hours at 350º oven.
(My Mother baked them in 1# coffee cans but I'm not too sure of the time.)
Makes 6 lbs. May be baked in November, pack in cheesecloth soaked in red wine. Store in foil in air-tight container.

Barbara