Friendship Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 cups brandied fruit (see recipe for brandied fruit starter)
• 3 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup dates, chopped
• 1 (7 ounce) package flaked coconut
• 2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 teaspoon butter pecan flavoring
• 1 cup vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 drain and set aside the brandied fruit starter, saving the liquid to make more starter.
• 2 mix the flour, baking soda, dates, coconut, pecans, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 in another bowl beat eggs well. add sugar and beat well.
• 5 add the drained brandied fruit, vanilla, orange extract, butter and nut flavoring, and oil.
• 6 combine both mixtures, stirring by hand untill well blended.
• 7 spoon batter into a greased and floured bundt or 10 inch tube pan.
• 8 bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tester placed in cake comes out clean.
• 9 the cake may need to be covered with foil during the last part of the baking to prevent too much browning.
• 10 cool for 10 minutes in the pan and turn out.
• 11 the cake can also be baked in six small (6 x 3 1/4 x 2) loaf pans. the cooking time for the small pans is about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.