1 c  Butter/Margarine — Melted          1 c  Chopped Pecans
 1 3/4 c  Sugar                             1/4 c  Brandied Fruit Juice
     3 c  Unbleached All-purpose                   –
          Flour                          15 1/2 oz (1 Cn) Pineapple Chunks
     1 ts Baking Soda                        16 oz (1 cn) Sliced Peaches
     1 ts Ground Cinnamon                    17 oz (1 cn) Apricot Halves
   1/2 ts Salt                               10 oz (1 jr) Maraschino cherries
   1/4 ts Ground Cloves                   1 1/4 c  Sugar
   1/4 ts Ground Nutmeg                   1 1/4 c  Brandy (Any Brand)
     2 lg Eggs                                     BRANDED FRUIT STARTER—–
     2 c  Brandied Fruit                 
 Combine butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat well. Combine
 next 6 ingredients. Beat well. Add eggs. Coarse chop brandied fruit
 and stir into batter. Add pecans and juice. Mix well. Pour batter
 into well-greased 10 inch bundt pan. Bake at 350 degree F. oven for 1
 hour. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan.
 BRANDIED FRUIT STARTER: Drain all canned fruit. Combine all
 ingredients in clean, nonmetallic bowl. Stir gently. Cover and let
 stand at room temperature for 3 weeks, stirring twice per week. As
 you use it, replace the amount taken with 1 cup sugar. Cover and let
 stand at room temperature 3 days before using again. Yields 6 cups of
 brandied fruit. 
                
                 Yields       
                8 servings                
