Luncheon Cake

1 lb. butter
1 lb. sugar
10 eggs
1 1/4 lbs. all purpose flour
1 1/2 lbs. raisins
1/2 lb. mixed candied fruit peel

Cream butter until fluffy, add surgar and beat 5 minutes. Break eggs in two at a time until six are in, beating each two for 5 minutes, then 1 at a time, beating each 5 minutes. Add flour and fruit which has been lightly floured with some of the flour. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans, 9x5x3. Bake for 1 1/2 hours in the 300 degree oven or until done.

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Now, that looks like a lot of fat to me and a heck of a lot of egg beating. Count it up, thats 35 minutes of beating eggs. Of course its probably pretty light and fluffy as well. If any of y'all feel like beating eggs for 35 minutes let me know how the cake turns out.