Pineapple fruit cake

Ingredients

250g Brazil nuts; 125g raw cashews; 125g raw almonds; 125g glace apricots; 125g glace pineapple; 125g glace cherries; 125g dates; ¾ cup caster sugar; ¾ cup plain flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp favourite spices mix ie cinnamon, nutmeg; 3 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 

Method

Chop all fruit and combine with the nuts.

Add dry ingredients and mix well.

Beat eggs till light and fluffy, then add vanilla and stir well into mixture.

Line a bar tin with greased foil or baking paper. Spread batter evenly in tin.

Bake for 2 hours at 165°C.

Cool on a wire rack and slice very thinly to serve.

Highly recommended, Anne.

Ann's Pineapple Fruit Cake

Ann's been preparing for the festive season!!!

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A moist cake with canned pineapple.

1 cup sugar; 500g can crushed pineapple; 500g mixed fruit; 1 tspn bicarbonate soda; 1 tspn mixed spice; 125g butter or margarine; 1 cup plain flour; 1 cup self-raising flour; 2 eggs

Place sugar, whole contents of can of pineapple, chopped mixed fruit, bicarbonate soda, spice and butter in saucepan. Bring to the boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.

Sift flours together. Mix into cold fruits mixture with well-beaten eggs. Place mixture in greased and lined 20cm tin. Bake in a moderate oven 180°C for approximately 1 ½ hours, reduce heat to 150°C and bake further 20-30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin.

Ann's tips: When heating the mixture, stir it to dissolve the sugar. When it is cold add the eggs and the sifted flours, mix well, put into a greased and lined tin and bake in a lowish oven 1 ½ to 2 hours.  I use 150 degrees fan forced. When done, I add a tablespoon of dark rum over the top of the cake and cool it in the tin.