This is a quick sort of fruit cake, so if you haven’t made your Christmas cake yet, this one might just do for you. It’s a melt-it-all-in-a-pan sort of a cake.
Ingredients:
50g unsalted butter
200g muscovado sugar
approx. 250g assorted dried fruit of your choice
175ml cider
175ml water
1tsp mixed spice
1tsp ground ginger
225g plain flour
2tsp baking powder
Icing sugar to decorate.
To make:
Preheat an oven to 350F/180C/Gas Mark 4.
Put everything up to the flour in a big pan and bring to the boil. Simmer gently for two minutes, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Mix thoroughly.
Into a baking tin and bake for 25ish minutes or until golden brown and firm to touch.
