On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:26:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>I just made my Christmas (light) fruit cake the other day. The recipe I use
>makes a very thick batter. The fruit does not budge during the baking.
>The batter I use is 2 cups soft butter, 2 cups sugar, 8 eggs, 1 cup sour
>cream, 3 Tblsp lemon juice, 2 tsp. lemon rind 5 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 tsp.
>baking soda 1 tsp. salt. Then I use 3 cups raisins, 2 cups each green and
>red cherries and 2 cups pineapple. I leave out the dates and pecans. I toss
>the fruit in the flour mixture before stirring it into the wet ingredients.
>It is so think I have to wet a spatula to spread in into the loaf pans.

Is that recipe in your computer? If so, would you please post it?

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