Friendship Cake

Ingredients

1 yellow cake mix

1 small box instant vanilla pudding

4 eggs

2/3 cup oil

1 1/2 cups drained fruit (brandied)

1 cup chopped nuts

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2 cups sugar

1 qt. cut up peaches & juice (canned)

Directions

Mix cake ingredients and pour into a greased bundt or angel food tin. Bake at 325 for 1 hour.

BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER

2 cups sugar

1 qt. cut up peaches & juice (canned)

Put in a gallon jar. Cover loosely and stir daily for 10 days. On 10th day, add 1 can chunk pineapple and juice and 2 cups sugar. Stir daily for 10 days. On 20th day, add 2 - 8 oz. jars maraschino cherries, drained and 2 cups sugar. Stir daily for 10 days. On 30th day, you are ready to make your friendship cake. This is enough fruit to make 3 cakes. You can give starter and recipe for the cake to a friend or bake the cake to give.

Notes

I got this from Doris Couch, our cook at Zurich School in 1983. We all were baking up a storm of cakes!