Shirley Lovelace's Christmas Cake

Eloda Berkin

1 lb. butter
3 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 dozen eggs
1/2 lb. peel
1/2 lb. almonds
1/2 lb. walnuts
1 lb. currants
2 lb. raisins
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cloves
1 cup cherries
2 coloured candied pineapple, 1/2 cup each

Cream butter and sugar, add spices, stir with flour with baking powder and soda. Add all fruit and bake at approximately 325 degrees in hot oven. This recipe makes 3 layers and 1 long cake.