White Xmas Cake

1 cup butter 1 cup white sugar 2 cups flour 1 lb white raisins 1/2 lb citron peel 1 lb cherries 4 pineapple rings dash salt 4 eggs 1/4 tsp baking soda dissolved in 2 tsp warm water 1/2 bottle almond flavor (small bottle) 1/2 cup brandy 1 cup flaked angel coconut

Cut up and put all the fruit into a bowl and cover with 1/2 of the brandy. Cover and let sit over night. Mix as you would any other cake and add the other 1/2 of the brandy. Put in 2 small angel food pans and bake in 275 to 300 degree oven for approx. 1.5 hours check to be sure it is cooked.

This is gramma's recipe for Xmas cake. I love it but when you girls were small you didn't really care for it.