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Cakes & Bakes: fruitcake slices
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Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
30
minutes
mins
Ingredients
200
g/7oz butter
cubed
150
g/5 muscovado sugar
100
g/ 3½oz demerara sugar
200
g/7oz sultanas
200
g/7oz raisins
100
g/ 3½oz currants
250
g/9oz self-raising flour
2
eggs
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350F/Gas Mark 4
Lightly grease or line the base of an
18cm/7inch square cake tin
with baking paper
In a saucepan, add the cubed butter and sugars. Heat gently and stir until the sugar has dissolved
Set aside and allow to cool
In a mixing bowl, combine the dried fruit, flour and eggs
Add the cooled butter & sugar mixture to the bowl and combine
Turn the mixture out into the cake tin, flattening it down & getting it into the corners with the back of a serving spoon or spatula
Put into the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned
Allow to cool in the tin then cut into squares or finger-shaped slices