Friendship Cake

Ingredients

1 c butter
3 c sugar
3 c unbleached all-purpose flour
1 ts baking soda
1 ts cinnamon
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts nutmeg
2 eggs
2 brandied fruit
1 c pecans
1/4 c brandied fruit juice
1 jr
1 1/4 c brandy

Instructions

Combine butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat well. Combine next 6 ingredients. Beat well. Add eggs. Coarse chop brandied fruit and stir into batter. Add pecans and juice. Mix well. Pour batter into well-greased 10 inch bundt pan. Bake at 350 degree F. oven for 1 hour. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan. BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER: Drain all canned fruit. Combine all ingredients in clean, nonmettalic bowl. Stir gently. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 3 weeks, stirring twice per week. As you use it, replace the amount taken with 1 cup sugar. Cover and let stand at room temperature 3 days before using again. Yields 6 cups of brandied fruit. Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI MSG#: 1883