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Lena's Old Fashioned Stir Fruit Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lb butter
1 dozen eggs
4 cups sugar
3 cups self rising flour
1 1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon
1 14oz pkg coconut
1 box white raisins
1 box dates
1 lb candied cherries chopped
1 lb candied pineapple chopped
3 qts nuts (pecans) chopped
Directions:
Directions:
mix sugar and butter, beat well
add eggs 1 at time and mix well
add nutmeg and cinnamon to 1 cup self rising flour
add mixture
mix other two cups of flour in the fruit and nuts at to batter
bake in a very large pan for 1 1/2 hours at 350
I use a old fashioned porcelain dishpan. Every 15 minutes pull the pan out and stir well from the bottom and sides and pat back down with spoon. At the end of the cooking time pack mixture in to loaf pans or tins. Let cool. It freezes well for later use. The longer is sits the better it tastes.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I got this recipe from an elderly lady in my hometown of Rocky Ford Georgia. Her name is Lena Presley.

 

 

 

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