Dark Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• blanched almonds
  1 lbs
• seedless raisins
  3 lbs
• currants
  2 lbs
• candied cherries cut in half
  1 lbs
• dried figs

  chopped
  1 lbs
• dates

  cut up
  1 lbs
• chopped mixed candied peel
  1½ lbs
• candied pineapple

  cut up
  1 lbs
• all-purpose flour
  1 cup
• soft butter
  3 cup
• brown sugar

  packed
  3 cup
• egg yolks
  12 large
• sifted all-purpose flour
  5½ cup
• salt
  1 tsp
• cinnamon
  2 tsp
• mace
  2 tsp
• allspice
  2 tsp
• nutmeg
  2 tsp
• cloves
  1 tsp
• baking soda
  3 tsp
• prune juice
  ¾ cup
• brandy
  ¼ cup
• egg whites
  12 large