Chiquita Holiday Banana Fruit Cake

Chiquita Holiday Banana Fruit Cake
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour -- flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups pecan halves -- or Brazil nuts
1 pound dates -- pitted
8 ounces maraschino cherries -- drained
3 cups banana -- sliced
4 eggs
Glaceed fruits for decoration
Sift flour with sugar, salt and baking powder into a
large bowl. Add nuts, dates and cherries and stir so
that all nuts and fruits are covered with flour
mixture.
In another bowl beat bananas until mashed. Add eggs
and continue beating until well blended and mixture is
light and fluffy. Fold into flour mixture.
Pour into 8x5x2 #/4 inch loaf pan which has been lined
with brown paper and greased well. (Pan will be full,
but since the cake dose not rise much. It will bake
satisfactorily.) Bake in 300 degree over for 1 3/4 to
2 hours or until cake springs back when center is
touched lightly with the finger. cool in pan on rack
15 minutes.
Remove cake from pan and pull off brown paper. cool on
rack. Frost with confectioner's sugar frosting.
Decorate top as desired.
Wrap cake in transparent wrap or aluminum foil and
store in cool place. to serve, slice in thin slices
with a sharp knife. In any event, let cake stand
overnight before cutting.
Makes one 3 1/2 pound fruit cake.
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