Aunt Ida S Walnut Cake Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups Sugar

1/2 pound Butter

4 cups Plain Flour

6 pieces Eggs

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 teaspoon Nutmeg

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 pound Crystalized Cherries

1.5 pounds White Raisins

2 slices Crystalized Pineapple

4 cups English Walnuts

1 cup Cooking Sherry

Cut cherries, raisins and pineapple into small pieces and put into a cup of Sherry and let stand overnight

Combine vanilla, butter and sugar and mix until creamy

Sift together all the dry ingredients and add to Sugar and butter mixture

Add fruit and stir until combined

Pour into a tube pan

Bake 2hrs at 275deg

Use straw test for doneness