Pat's Birthday Cake

• 125 g butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 500g mixed dried fruit
• 1/2 tspn nutmeg
• 1 tspn mixed spice
• 1/4 cup sherry
• 1 tspn bicarbonate of soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 cups SR flour
• 1 cup plain flour

1. Grease and line the base of a 20 cm cake tin. Set oven temp at moderate 180 deg C.
2. Put butter, milk, sugar, fruit & spices into a saucepan, bring to boil and simmer with lid off for 5 mins. Cool slightly, add sherry & bicarbonate of soda.
3. When cold, add the beaten eggs and mix well. Sift both flours and fold into mixture. Turn into prepared cake tin and bake in a pre-heated oven for 1 1/4 hours or until cooked.
4. Cool on a wire rack and store in an air-tight tin.

Note.

I have a gas oven and I tend to cook it for 60 mins on 200 degrees C.

I also add some slivered almonds to the mixture.

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