White Fruit Cake

Source: Mommy Logan

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups self rising flour
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice
• 1 can coconut
• 1/2 lb white raisins
• 1/2 lb dates
• 3 cups pecans
• 1 tbs vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder

Cream butter and sugar well, add eggs one at a time with 3 tbs flour. Beat well after each addition. Reserve 1/2 cup flour for fruit. Alternate the rest of the flour with pineapple juice. Beat well after each addition. Add floured fruit and nuts stir only till well blended. Pour into greased tub cake pan lined with 2 thicknesses of wax paper. Bake 275 for 1 1/2 hrs then at 300 for 1 hr.