Lyn's Recipe Collection
1 egg
1c each of SR & plain flour
500g pkt mixed fruit
155g butter
1c each of sugar & water
2 tsp spice
1/2 tsp bicarb
Boil fruit, b&s, spice & water for 3 mins. Allow to cool.
Beat egg and add. Sift flours & bicarb and add.
Line tin with paper, hollow out middle slightly and bake in mod oven 1 1/4-1 1/2 hours.
2 1/4c plain flour
1/2 tsp each of allspice, gr cloves, ginger, cinnamon
1/2c each of walnuts or almonds, cherries, drained crushed pineapple, sultanas
1 Tab chopped peel
2 1/2c raisins
125g butter
2 Tab sherry
1 1/2c water
1 tsp each of bicarb & BP
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2c sugar
Sift flour, bicarb, salt & spices together. Remove 1c flour mixture & set aside.
Mix water, sugar, sultanas & raisins together in saucepan and boil 5 mins, stirring occasionally.
Add butter, stir til melted. Allow to cool. Add beaten eggs and add gradually to drys.
Mix nuts, cherries, pineapple & peel with remaining cup flour and stir into cake batter. Add sherry.
Grease & line a tin and spoon mixture in, hollowing slightly. Bake in slow oven 2-2 1/2 hours.