Line baking pans with aluminum foil.
Mix butter, sugar, eggs and flavoring until creamy and smooth, stir in dry ingredients, and add fruit and nuts. Mix well.
Fill pans 2/3 full. Bake in slow oven (275°). Bake tube cake about 3 hours, smaller loaf pans 2 hours, or until golden brown
Wrap cakes in wine soaked cloth and store in air tight container in cool place for several weeks.