Fantastic Light Fruitcake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 lb butter
• 5 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 2 tsp. water
• 2 ounces lemon extract
• 4 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 cup candied cherry
• 1 cup candied pineapple
• 1 lb raisins
• 2 quarts pecans
• 1 (14 ounce) package angel flake coconut

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add eggs one at a time.
• 3 add extract, orange juice and soda water.
• 4 add cherries, pineapple, and pecans until all is added. i used to mix all by hand, but now i have a larger mixer that works well and i only mix the cherries, pineapple and pecans by hand.
• 5 drop batter by spoonsful into lightly greased and floured pans. batter will be very heavy.
• 6 bake at 275 until firm to touch.
• 7 this will make 2 large bundt pans, or a loaf pan and several small pans for gifts. the small pans take about 55-60 minutes and the large tube pans take about 65-80 minute the bundt pan will take longer. you can cut the recipe in half since the batter is so heavy and each half makes a whole bundt pan or one large and three smaller loaf pans.