Nut Cake Deluxe

You'll Need

• 1 pound butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 4 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 pound candied cherries, cut up
• 1/2 pound candied pineapple, cut up
• 1 pound pecans, chopped
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

 Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Add 3 cups flour sifted with baking powder and salt. Mix remaining flour with cherries, pineapple and chopped pecans; stir into batter. Add vanilla extract. Pour into tube pan, greased and double lined with wax paper. Bake for 3 hours. Cool in pan