Mum's Fruit Cake

• 500g Mixed Fruit
• 125g Butter
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 2 cups hot Water
• 1 teaspoon Mixed Spice
• ½ teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda, bi-carb soda)
• 1½ cup Plain Flour
• ½ cup Self Raising Flour
• 2 Eggs, beaten
• 1-2 tablespoons Sherry (optional)

Grease a 20cm x 20cm tin. Combine fruit, butter, sugar, water, mixed spice and nutmeg in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Boil softly for three minutes. Tip into a bowl. Allow to cool. Combine the flours and soda. Stir in combined dry ingredients, eggs and sherry. Bake in a moderat eoven for ¾-1 hour.

Recipe obtained from Margaret Dalton