Preserve fruitcake

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¾cupButter
2cupsSugar
4Eggs
3cupsFlour
½teaspoonCinnamon
½teaspoonNutmeg
¾teaspoonBaking soda
1cupButtermilk
cupCherry preserves
cupApricot preserves
cupPineapple preserves
1teaspoonVanilla
1cupChopped pecans (or almonds)

Directions

Cream butter, sugar and eggs until light. Sift dry ingredients together; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk (to which baking soda has been added.). Fold in remaining ingredients. Bake in 2 - 9X5X3 inch greased and floured loaf pans or one large tube cake pan at 250 degrees for 1& ½ hours. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing. Posted to Recipe Archive - 23 Mar 97 by ted by: ajewell@... on Mar 23, 9