Rich Fruit Cake

Name: Rich Fruit Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients: 

• 250 grams of chopped butter
• 1000 grams of dried fruit
• 200 grams of sugar
• water
• 5 eggs
• 130 ml of rum
• a half teaspoon of soda
• a teaspoon of lemon rind
• 275 grams of flour
• cherries for decorating

Directions:

• grease a deep 24 cm round cake tin, line base and sides with 3 layers of baking paper.
• place butter, water, fruit, brandy and sugar in a saucepan.
• boil, stir, then simmer for 20 minutes.
• stir in soda.
• stir the flour and eggs in the mixture.
• decorate with cherries.
• Bake for more than 2.5 hours.
• cover cake with foil and cool in tin

Tips:

you can use a golden syrup instead of treacle