Simply Fruitcake

Name: Simply Fruitcake
Ingredients: 750 g mixed fruit (chopped); 2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice; 2 -3 tablespoons liquor or 2 -3 tablespoons Cointreau liqueur or 2 -3 tablespoons brandy (optional); 2 cups self raising flour (if using plain / all purpose flour, add 1.5 teaspoons baking powder); 1 teaspoon mixed spice (ground)

5 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

750 g mixed fruit (chopped)
2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice
2 -3 tablespoons liquor or 2 -3 tablespoons Cointreau liqueur or 2 -3 tablespoons brandy (optional)
2 cups self raising flour (if using plain / all purpose flour, add 1.5 teaspoons baking powder)
1 teaspoon mixed spice (ground)

Directions

1

Soak mixed fruit in orange juice (and liquor if desired), minimum 1 hour, but can be left overnight in fridge.
2

Stir in sifted flour and mixed spice, then pour mix into paper lined 20cm (8in) square cake tin.
3

Cook in oven at 160degrees (celcius) for 40mins, let sit to cool slightly in tin before turning out onto cake rack.
4

Enjoy, goes wonderfully well with a cup of tea or coffee for a mid-morning or afteroon snack.