Fruit Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 39 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 19 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon mace
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup seedless raisin
• 1/3 cup cherries, from a jar, chopped
• 1/4 cup orange rind, grated
• 1/4 lemon, rind of, grated
• 1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening and sugar together.
• 2 add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• 3 add flour, salt, mace. mix again.
• 4 add vanilla and beat. add remaining ingredients and mix very well.
• 5 bake in a greased loaf pan for 60 -80 minutes with the oven temp set at 350*.
• 6 **note: to make a basic pound cake, the use above recipe, omitting the fruit and follow directions for baking/preparing.**.