Old Fashioned Fruit Cake

Recipe is from Phyllis.

1 lb pkg. raisins and fruit mix
1 lb seedless golden white raisins
3 cups (1 lb) dates, cut up or quartered
½ lb nuts (2 cups)
¼ cup honey or molasses
¼ cup dark fruit juice (prune)
1 cup butter
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
¼ tsp soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
½ tsp mace

Mix the fruits, nuts, and honey or molasses together. Cream butter, gradually cream in sugar, then beast in eggs, one at a time, beating each in very thoroughly. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add fruits, then sifted dry ingredients. Mix all together thoroughly. Bake in 2 medium loaf pans or 1 ½ quart casseroles or angel cake tube or other pans. Either should be greased and lined with waxed paper. Bake at 275 degrees for 2 ½ hours with pan of water on oven floor. Remove from pan to cool. Leave paper on cake.