Fruit Cake

Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

• Chopped golden raisins 1 cup
• Currants ½ cup
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Chopped walnuts 1-1/2 cups
• Chopped almonds 1 cup
• Orange peel 3 tbsp
• Grated lemon peel 1/4 cup
• Flaked coconut 1 cup
• Orange juice 1/3 cup
• Sugar 1/2 cup
• Ground mace 1 tsp
• Ground allspice 1 tsp
• Baking soda 1 tsp
• Flour 1-1/2 cups

Method:

• Mix the raisins, nuts, coconut, orange and lemon peel together with the flour until well coated. Mix in the sugar, orange juice, baking soda, salt and spices. Stir well to combine. Pour the batter into a greased 9-inch cake pan. Bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before removing from the pan.