A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.

White Fruitcake

Ingredients

•    5 whole eggs
•    1⁄2 lb butter, salted
•    1 cup sugar
•    1 3⁄4-2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
•    1 lb candied cherry, chopped
•    1 lb candied pineapple, chopped
•    4 cups broken pecans
•    2 tablespoons vanilla extract
•    2 tablespoons lemon extract

Directions

1.    cream butter well, add sugar, and cream until fluffy.
2.    beat eggs well and add, blend with creamed mixture.
3.    chop fruit and nuts and mix with a small amount of the flour.
4.    sift remaining flour.
5.    fold into creamed mixture.
6.    add flavoring.
7.    fold in fruits and nuts.
8.    line a tube pan or loaf pans with greased wax paper.
9.    pour in batter.
10.    put in a cold oven and bake at 200 degrees for 3 hours.
11.    loaf pans for 2 1/2 hours.
12.    cool in pan on rack.
13.    or bake at 300 degrees until done, about 1 1/2 hours, or until it shrinks from the pan.
14.    This cake can be frozen, it makes just a little less than 5 pounds.