Christmas fruit cake


Ingredients
  Butter or margarine 250 gms 
  Caster or brown sugar 1 cup
  Honey 2 tablespoon
  Eggs 4
  Flour 200 g 
  Corn flour 25 g 
  Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon, levelled
  Mixed spice 1/2 teaspoon
  Orange or lemon rind 2 teaspoon
  Chopped mixed fruit (glazed apricots, dates, prunes, raisin) 450 g
  Orange juice 3/2 cup

TOPPING
  Glazed cherries 50 g
  Flaked almonds 25 g
  Orange or lemon rind 50 g

Method
1. Combine fruit and milk in a bowl, mix well, cover, let stand overnight at room temperature.
2. Grease round cake pan. Beat butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add honey, beat well. Add eggs one at a time. 
3. Stir fruit mixture into creamed mixture with sifted dry ingredients. 
4. Spread mixture over the base of prepared pan. Decorate top of cake with topping. Bake in slow oven 150 C or about 2-1/2 to 3 hours. 
5. Brush hot cake with extra orange juice. 
6. Stand 5 - 10 minutes, turn onto wire rack to cool. 
7. Serve warm.

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