Line 10" tube pan with well-greased brown paper.
Mix pecans, pineapple strips and cherries in large bowl
with raisins.
Sift and measure flour. Mix about half a cup with fruit
and nuts and
coconut.
Cream butter with hand until soft. Work in sugar gradually
until mixture
is light and fluffy.
Beat egg yolks with fork. Add them gradually to butter
mixture, mixing
well after each addition.
Combine milk, pineapple juice and almond extract. Add
to butter mixture
alternately with flour.
Now set oven at 275 degrees.
Beat egg whites until foamy, then add cream of tartar.
Continue beating
until whites are stiff enough to hold shape but not stiff
enough to cling
to bowl when tipped.
Pour butter mixture over fruit and nuts and mix well
with both hands.
Mix or fold in beaten egg whites.
Pour into pan and bake 3 hours.
Place pan of water in oven with baking cake to keep
it moist.
Every few days it may be moistened with pineapple juice.