Dark Fruit Cake

Name: Dark Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter; 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar; 4 eggs; 3 cups (1 pound) raisins; 3 cups (1 pound) pitted dates, quartered; 1-1/2 cups (1/2 pound) currants; 1/2 pound candied cherries; 2 cups (1/2 pound) shelled, chopped walnuts; 1/4 cup honey; 1/4 cup sweet wine or fruit juice (pineapple juice is good); 2 cups sifted flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon mace

Dark Fruit Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.almanac.com/recipe/dark-fruit-cake" target="_blank">www.almanac.com.</a>

"My dad got this recipe from the newspaper years ago. It's the only fruit cake I've ever liked. It isn't the average fruit cake...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup butter

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1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar

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4 eggs

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3 cups (1 pound) raisins

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3 cups (1 pound) pitted dates, quartered

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1-1/2 cups (1/2 pound) currants

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1/2 pound candied cherries

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2 cups (1/2 pound) shelled, chopped walnuts

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1/4 cup honey

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1/4 cup sweet wine or fruit juice (pineapple juice is good)

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2 cups sifted flour

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

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1/2 teaspoon mace

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