Don't be a fruit cake!

My first attempt at baking a fruit cake produced a really large, dry brick because I thought that I was really clever and left it in the oven after baking it to keep it moist!!! This method will work only if you let the cake (and the oven) cool down first!

This recipe comes from a Moir's cookbook and is really easy and tasty if you do not leave it in the oven after baking it!!
Ingredients:
375ml (1 1/2 Cup) Fruit mix
125ml (1/2 Cup) chopped red/green glazed cherries
150g butter or margarine
125ml (1/2 Cup) brown sugar
5ml (1tsp) mixed spice/cloves
250ml (1 Cup) orange juice
2 eggs
375ml (1 1/2 Cup) Flour
15ml (3 tsp) baking powder
10-15 peacan nuts halved

Method:
Add fruit mix, cherries, butter, brown sugar, mixed spice and orange juice to a large saucepan.
Bring to the boil stirring continuously for about 4 min. Leave to cool down.
Mix flour, eggs and baking powder until smooth. Mix with saucepan mixture and pour it into a cake pan (20cm in dia)
Bake at 150 degrees for 1 1/4 hours.
Leave to cool down (outside the oven!) for 10 minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack.

Well, I hope you enjoy this recipe and if you would like to spice it up a little, add a dash of brandy to the fruit cake everyday before Christmas!!!

Till later...