GUYANA BLACK CAKE

Ingredients

 * 1 1/2 lb. flour,
 * 1 lb. butter,
 * 1 lb. dark sugar,
 * 1 1/2 lb. raisin,
 * 1 1/2 lb. prunes,
 * 1 doz. eggs,
 * 1 lb. walnuts,
 * 1/2 tsp. baking powder,
 * 1/2 bottle fruit juice.

Directions

 * 1) Soak fruit in the fruit juice for a month. Grease and doubly line an 8" cake pan. Cream sugar and margarine. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg.
 * 2) Add fruits and stir well. Sift flour, baking powser and mix together. Fold flour into liquid ingredients, a littel at a time. Mix to a soft dropping consistency (using more fruit juice if needed).
 * 3) Add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and vanilla. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake in a slow oven at 300 degrees for 2 hrs.
 * 4) Sprinkle fruit juice over cake immediately after it is baked. Repeat 3 or 4 times.