franklin nut cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup candied cherries
• 1 cup candied pineapple chunks
• 3 cups chopped pecans
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• preheat oven to 250 degrees f (120 degrees c). grease a 10 inch tube pan and line it with parchment paper.
• in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs, one at a time.
• sift together 3 cups of the flour, baking powder and salt. mix remaining flour with fruit and nuts. stir into batter. add vanilla.
• pour into tube pan. bake at 250 degrees for 3 hours. cool in pan.