Southern Fruit Cake

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Southern Fruit Cake

Submitted by: Carol

Recipe Ingredients:
2 cups	Flour
1 cup	Sugar
1/2lb	Butter
6	Eggs (Separated)
1/2lb	Citron, Finely Ground
1lb	Raisins
1/2lb	Currants
1/2lb	Dates (Chopped Fine)
1/2lb	Candied Cherries
1lb	Pecans (Chopped) (save some of the whole pecan halves to decorated top of cake)
1 ounce	Rose Water (2 tablespoons)
1 tbsp	Cinnamon
1tbsp	Mace
1 tbsp	Nutmeg
1/2 pint	Whiskey
Cooking Directions:
1.	Cream the butter, added the sugar and the well-beaten egg yolks. Mix the spices in the rose water. Use some of the flour to flour the fruit. Add creamed mixture with the fruit and nuts, flour and whiskey and the rose water. Fold in the beaten egg whites last.
2.	Bake in a slow oven (250 degrees) for about 4 hours.
3.	After cake is completely cool, store in a tight container for at least a month before cutting.

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