Pumpkin Fruit Cake

Name: Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 4 ounces butter; 1 cup brown sugar, not packed; 1 cup mashed pumpkin, fresh not canned; 2 cups self raising flour; 1 lb dried mixed fruit (your choice); 2 tablespoons plum jam or 2 tablespoons marmalade; 2 tablespoons orange juice, fresh; 1 tablespoon golden syrup (honey if you are in the States); 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut; 2 large eggs

10 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

4 ounces butter
1 cup brown sugar, not packed
1 cup mashed pumpkin, fresh not canned
2 cups self raising flour
1 lb dried mixed fruit (your choice)
2 tablespoons plum jam or 2 tablespoons marmalade
2 tablespoons orange juice, fresh
1 tablespoon golden syrup (honey if you are in the States)
1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
2 large eggs

Directions

1

Cream the butter and sugar.
2

Add all the other ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon.
3

Pour mixture into a greased and lined 8 inch square tin (needs to be deep).
4

Bake at 170oC for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, or until when cooked when tested.
5

Note - Blached almonds can be added to the top of this cake prior to baking to make it look pretty.