One of my favourite cake recipes passed down from my Mum is Spiced Fruit Cake.
Spiced Fruit Cake
Ingredients One
- 150 g Marg or Butter
- 6 level tbsp golden syrup
- 250g raisins
- 250g currants
- 120g sultanas
- 120g mixed peel
- 120g chopped stone dates
- 1/2 pint plus 2 tables milk
Ingredients Two
- 1/2 teasp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 beaten eggs
- 250g plain flour
- 1 rounded teasp mixed spice
- 1 level teasp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp Apricot Jam, melted
Method
- Preheat oven to Gas 3, 165C, 325F
- Line a 7″ deep cake tin
- Place all of the first list of ingredients in a saucepan and heat slowly until the butter is melted, then simmer gently for 5 mins. Cool
- Stir in the bicarbonate of soda.
- Add the 2 beaten eggs into the flour with the mixed spice, cinnamon, and salt but do not stir.
- Beat both mixtures together thoroughly.
- Place in the cake tin and bake for 13/4 – 2 hrs.
- Brush edge with the heated apricot jam and arrange nuts and cherries around.
