Hospitality Fruit Cake

Not your mothers fruit cake!

1 3/4 cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 tsp vanilla 2/3 cup cherry preserves 2/3 cup pineapple preserves 2/3 cup apricot preserves

3 cups flour 1/2 tsp allspice 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking soda 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans

Grease and flour tube pan. Cream butter and sugar together Add eggs -- mixing well. Sift flour together with spices and baking soda. Add flour and buttermilk alternately to butter/sugar mixture. Lightly stir preserves and pecans into batter. Bake at 350 for approximately 90 minutes, or until top springs back when touched lightly. This is a delicious, rich cake that is perfect for the holidays. Just don't tell folks that it's called a fruit cake!