Tropical Fruit Cake
A fruit cake with apricot and coconut to add a tropical taste
Ingredients
- 15 og butter
- 150 g dark brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 225 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 400 g sultanas currants and raisins
- 50 g dried apricot
- 55 g mixed peel
- 55 g glacé cherries
- 50 g dessicated coconut
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150C, 300F,Gas 2
- Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy
- Fold in the flour and baking powder and mix in the eggs.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until the fruit is well distributed.
- Place in an 8 inch cake tin and flatten the mixture, adding a well in the centre so the top is level when cooked.
- Bake for 1 - 1½ hours until a skewer though the centre comes out clean.