Christmas Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup walnuts
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 6 large eggs
• ¼ tsp cloves
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 4 tbsp cointreau
• ¾ cup dried apricots
• 1 ¼ cup sugar
• zest of one orange
• ½ cup green maraschino cherries
• ½ cup red maraschino cherries
• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter