Lorrie's mother's fruitcake

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       Title: LORRIE'S MOTHER'S FRUITCAKE
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 10 Servings
  
       3 c  Flour
       1 tb Baking powder
     1/2 ts Salt
   1 2/3 c  Pitted dates; chopped
       1 c  Pecans; chopped
       1 c  Walnuts; chopped
     1/2 c  Raisins
     1/2 c  Golden raisins
       2 c  Sugar
       1 c  Butter; room temperature
       4 lg Eggs
       2 ts Vanilla extract
     1/4 ts Lemon extract
  
   Recipe by: Bon Appetit-Nov'94 Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour
   10' tube pan.
    Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl.  Add dates, pecans, walnuts and
   raisins and toss to coat. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in
   another large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating
   well after each addition. Add extracts. Add dry ingredients; fold until
   just combined (batter will resemble cookie dough). Spoon batter into
   prepared pan.  Smooth top.  Bake until cake is golden and tester inserted
   near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan on
   rack 10 minutes. Using sharp knife, cut around edges of cake to loosen.
   Turn out cake onto rack; cool completely.
  
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