Cake - Light Fruit Cake

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Cake - Light Fruit Cake

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1 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
3 eggs (well beaten)
2 tsps. vanilla
1 tsp, lemon flavoring
1 tsp. lemon juice
3-1/2 cups flour
3 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp.salt
1 cup cherries (cut in half)
1 cup mixed fruit
1 cup currants
1 cup raisins
1-1/2 cups 2% fresh milk
(1/2 cup flour to coat fruit)

Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs, vanilla and lemon flavorings and juice, Stir well. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder, add to margarine mixture alternately with milk. Stir fruit (which has been covered in 1/2 cup flour) in lightly to the dough. Bake for 1-1/2 hours at 300 degrees F.
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