Name: Fruit Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 1/2 cup sugar; 5 eggs; 2 cup all purpose flour; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1/8 tsp mace; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 cup seedless raisins; 1/3 cup jarred cherries, chopped; 1/4 cup grated orange peel; 1/4 cup grated lemon peel; 1/4 cup chopped nuts

Fruit Pound Cake

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
5 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp mace
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup seedless raisins
1/3 cup jarred cherries, chopped
1/4 cup grated orange peel
1/4 cup grated lemon peel
1/4 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add flour, salt, mace. Mix again. Add vanilla and beat. Add remaining ingredients and mix very well. Bake in a greased loaf pan for 60 -80 minutes with the oven temp set at 350F. NOTE: To make a basic pound cake, the use above recipe, omitting the fruit and follow directions for baking/preparing.