Monday, December 19, 2011

Really Simple Christmas Cake

Cream 250g butter and a cup of brown sugar.
 Mix in 5 eggs
 Add spices - ground cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger
 Stir in 1 scant cup plain flour and a scant cup SRF
 Add 4-5 cups mixed dried fruit that has been soaked in apple juice
(or rum, or orange juice or brandy or all 3)
and mix through by hand.
....in the olden days they used to say that stirring the mix would bring good luck ...
hmmm why would that be.......
and then spoon into a lined pan.
Bake in a slow oven for about 2 hours or until a skewer comes out clean from the middle of the cake.

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