Ingredients
150 g plain flour
150 g self raising flour
150 g soft brown sugar
250g margarine
Grated rind of 1 orange
Grated rind of 1 lemon
5 eggs
½ tea spoon vanilla essence.
500g dried mixed fruit
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Method
- Grease a loaf tin with grease proof paper
- Sieve the flours and cinnamon in to one bowl.
- In another bowl cream together the margarine, sugar, vanilla essence, orange zest and lemon zest until the mixture is pale and creamy.
- Add the eggs a little at a time to the margarine mixture, beating well after you add each egg.
- Fold in the flour into the margarine mixture.
- Fold in the fruit mixture, making as few folds as possible to incorporate the fruit.
- Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at Gas Mark 2 for 2 1/2 hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
-Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.
- Turn it out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
Enjoy with a large mug of soy hot chocolate.
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