Recipe: Fran, another one...Texas Nut Cake

Texas Nut and Fruit Cake

1 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pound Brazil nuts
1 pound chopped walnuts
1 pound pecan halves
1 pound red candied cherries
1 pound green candied cherries
2 pounds pitted dates

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 9x5 inch loaf pans, line them with parchment paper, and grease the paper.
2 Beat eggs, salt and vanilla together until very light and lemon colored. Add sugar, 1 cup of the flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Put brazil nuts, walnuts, pecans, red and green cherries into a large bowl. Dust with the remaining 1/2 cup flour. Then add the egg and sugar mixture. This is a very stiff mixture. Mix with hands.
3 Press into 3 - 9x5 inch loaf pans which you have lined with parchment paper and have greased both pan and paper. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Makes 3 - 9x5 inch loaves