New Orleans Fruitcake

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 pounds pecan halves
• 1 pound candied cherries
• 1 pound candied pineapple
• 1 pound pitted dates

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment paper two 5×9 inch loaf pans.

Beat together the eggs, sugar and vanilla until frothy.

Sift together the flour and baking powder; add to the egg mixture. Add the candied cherries, pineapple and dates.

Mix well and pour into loaf pans and bake for 1 hour.