Rich Fruit Cake

The picture you see as a thumbnail was taken after matuaring the cake for 3 months.

Rich Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• -- 250g of Butter
• - 1 Teaspoon of Mixed Spice
• - 5 Eggs
• -3 Tblsp strawberry jam
• - 80g of Self Raising Flour 
• - 300g Brown Sugar
• - 230g of Plain Flour
• - 185ml of Sweet Sherry
• - 1Kg of Mixed Fruit

Method

• Preheat oven to 150c.
• Line a 22-24 cm round cake pan with four greased layers of baking paper.
• Mix fruit with sherry and leave over night.
• beat butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and cream the mix.
• Add flour and then the fruit.
• Put in to the prepared pan.
• Bake 31/2 hours.
• Brush with warm sherry. Leave to cool.
• Can keep it for months brushing with warm sherry every week.