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1 1/4 cups plain flour
1 cup self raising flour
250g butter softened
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 eggs
1/2 cup sherry or brandy
325g sultanas
1/2 chopped mixed peel
1/4 cup preserved ginger
2 slices of glace pineapple chopped
6 chopped glace apricots
A handful of sliced almonds
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Grease and line and 8" cake tin
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Combine the sultanas, mixed peel, pineapple, apricots, and ginger, pour the sherry or brandy over, cover and set aside for half hour or overnight if you can!
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Cream the butter and sugar together
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Beat in the eggs
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Sift in the flours along with the cinnamon and salt
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Stir the flour mixture into the fruit mixture
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Spoon the mixture into your cake tin
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Sprinkle the sliced almonds over the top of the cake
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Bake slowly at 150-160`c for 3 hours or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean!
As requested, a cake that can be made at the last minute. Merry Christmas to all!
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