Palmetto Cake

1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
6 eggs, separated
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 coconut, grated
1 lb. citron, chopped
1 lb. candied cherries, chopped

Beat egg whites and set aside. Grease and line tube pan with 3 layers of wax paper.

Cream butter. Add sugar, then egg yolks.

Sift flour and baking powder together, reserving small amount to sprinkle over citron and cherries. Add flour to above mixture, then coconut, fruit and beaten egg whites last.

Bake in slow oven at 275 degrees for 2 hours or until done. Cool before trying to take out of cake pan. May be made in small loaf pans.