Fruit Cake 

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups liquid coffee
• 1 (15-ounce) box raisins
• 1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup cooking oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• 8 ounces walnuts, chopped
• 1 jar maraschino cherries, undrained
• 1 pound mixed fruit

Preparation:

Boil raisins in coffee. (Use leftover coffee.) Add baking soda and let stand until cool.

Cream together oil, sugar and eggs. Add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, mace, and walnuts, adding cherry juice and coffee to make mixing easier. Fold incherries, raisins and mixed fruit. Spoon into 4-5 small greased and floured loaf pans.

Bake at 325 degrees F. for about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Fruitcake is done when it springs back to a light touch. When completely cooled, wrap in aluminum foil.