Quick and Easy Fruit Cake

Cook 1 h 30 min

Ingredients

  • 8 oz margarine
  • 8 oz castor sugar
  • 4 large eggs, large
  • 12 oz mixed dried fruit
  • 4 oz glacé cherries
  • 10 oz plain flour
  • 1 teasp baking powder
  • 1 teasp mixed spice

Method

  1. Grease and line a 7–7½ inch cake tin.
  2. Put all ingredients in a basin and beat until well mixed.
  3. Spoon into the prepared tin and make a hollow in the centre.
  4. Bake in the centre of the oven at Gas Mark 3 (325°F) for 1¼–1½ hours.
  5. Turn out and cool.

Notes

Bake in centre of oven. Cook time is approximate — recipe states 1¼–1½ hours.