Christmas White Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 lb white raisins (seedless)
• 1 cup blanched almond
• 1 cup candied red cherry
• 1 cup candied green cherries
• 1 cup candied pineapple
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. 1

   Stir some flour into fruit mixture so it doesn't stick together. I use a little (like a tablespoon from the 2 1/4 cups for the cake).

2. 2

   Cream the butter, sugar and eggs.

3. 3

   Mix together the dry ingredients and add to the creamed ingredients.

4. 4

   Stir in the fruit and nuts (I usually omit the nuts) and add more fruit to make up the volume.

5. 5

   Bake in a 300oF oven for an hour, but check the cake for doneness with a wooden tooth pick to make sure it is cooked.

6. 6

   I made this yesterday and found that I cooked it for 2 hours. It depends on how much fruit you use and what kind of a pan. If you cook it in a tube pan, it will cook much quicker, I had used a solid round pan.

7. 7

   My mother's only directions are: bake at 300oF for a little longer than an hour and mix together like a cake.