Delicious Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb each seeded raisins and seedless raisins
• 1 lb currants
• 12 lb candied lemon peel
• 12 lb candied orange peel
• 1 12 lb each candied cherries and pineapple
• 1 12 lb pecans
• 1 12 lb English walnuts
• 12 lb almonds
• 1 lb dates
• 1 c brandy apple or peach
• 5 c flour sifted
• 1 tsp each soda and baking powder
• 3 tsp allspice
• 3 tsp cloves
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 12 eggs separated
• 1 lb butter
• 1 lb light brown sugar
• 1 c molasses
• 1 pt strawberry preserves
• 1 pt fig preserves

Directions

1. Pour 14 cup brandy over raisins and currants let soak while you chop and slice other fruits and nuts
2. Mix all fruit and dredge with 3 cups flour
3. Sift rest of flour with soda baking powder and spices
4. Cream butter add sugar and cream until light and fluffy Add well beaten egg yolks molasses figs and strawberries and blend
5. Add fruits and nuts
6. Fold in dry ingredients
7. Beat egg whites until stiff
8. Add to batter
9. Turn into pans lined with wax paper
10. Fill pans 34 full
11. Bake at 250 for about 3 hours for 2 pound cake and 4 hours for 5 pound cake
12. Brush tops and sides with Brown Sugar Glaze