Because occasionally it just has to be done!
P’s homework was to follow and recipe etc and so any excuse to bake and we’re on it!
- 350 g mixed fruit, raisins, currants, cherries, whatever’s in the cupboard
- 100 g caster sugar
- A teaspoon(to you liking) of mixed spice.
- 100 g butter or margarine (we use 50/50 you can’t beat a bit of butter!)
- 150 ml water
- A squeeze of lemon.
- 1 egg
- 225 g of SR Flour
- Simply out oven at 150ºC and line a small cake tin with greased baking paper.
- Put fruit, sugar, marg/butter, mixed spice, lemon and water in a saucepan, and simmer lightly for 20 min – lid on!
- Allow to cool. Beat an egg and add to fruit mix then stir in the flour.
- Put mix into readied cake tin and bake for about 1 to 1.5 hours – depends on oven and shape of tin.
- Check with a sharp knife or skewer of it comes put clean it’s probably ready.
- Leave in tin for 15mins.
- Remove and cool on a wire rack.
- EAT!
Because occasionally it just has to be done!
Jules P Richards 