Originally Posted by Virta Walter

FRUITCAKE
Ingred: 28oz. Mincemeat w/brandyor rum
1lb candied fruit
1 can sweetened condensed Milk
(not evaporated milk)
2 eggs
2 & 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)

Butter a tube pan: bottom, sides, center pole. Line
with wax paper (all sides) butter again.
Mix ingred. any order. Pour into pan. Bake 2 hours at
300* middle rack. Cool 5 to 10 minutes. Loosen with
a knife around side and center, turn out on wire rack,
cool completely. You can soak cheesecloth in rum or
brandy and wrap cake , then resoak and let the cake
sit for a few more days.