1 package Betty Crocker date bar mix

2/3 cup hot water

3 eggs

¼ cup gold medal flour

¾ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon allspice

1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

1 cup candied cherries

1 cup cut up dried apricots

½ cup cut up candied pineapple

Apple Jelly Glaze 

Apple Jelly Glaze

Heat ¼ cup apple or currant jelly over low heat until smooth, stirring occasionally.  Spoon over cake.

Heat oven to 325⁰.  Grease and flour loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.  Blend date filling from date bar mix package and hot water.  Add crumbly mix, eggs, flour, baking powder and spices; mix thoroughly.  Stir in nuts, cherries, apricots and pineapple.  Spread mixture evenly in pan.  Bake about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool thoroughly.  Wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil; refrigerate.  Glaze cake just before serving.