Dark Fruit Cake
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 pkg. dates (cut fine)
- 1 pkg. raisins
- 1 pkg. mixed peel
- 1 pkg cherries (cut fine)
- 4 apples (cut fine)
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp baking soda
- 3tbsp cocoa
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 4 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp each cloves and nutmeg
- 1 cup of cold coffee to mix
Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, then the dry ingredients. Add fruit. Bake in preheated 300°F oven for 2 ½ hours.