RICH SOUTHERN CAKE

250g each butter and raw sugar
375g wholemeal flour (and also plain?)
125g each currants and sultanas
60g almonds
1 cup milk – dissolve bicarb in this just before using
2 eggs – well beaten
1 tsp bicarb

1.Cream butter & sugar, add eggs. Stir in half the flour, add milk/bicarb VERY SLOWLY.
2.Add rest of flour, then fruit and almonds. Beat well.
3. Cook in moderate oven for 1 1/2 hours.