INGREADIENT

• 200g butter, chopped
• 375g pkt mixed dried fruit
• 200g glace cherries, plus extra to serve
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dry sherry
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3 eggs, lightly whisked
• Icing sugar, to dust

Direction

1. Place the butter, mixed fruit, cherries, brown sugar, sherry and 1 cup water in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. Preheat oven to 160C/140C fan forced. Line the base and side of a round 20cm cake pan with baking paper
3. Add the flours, mixed spice, bicarbondate of soda and eggs to the fruit mix and stir until well combined. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 55 mins or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Set aside to cool in the pan.
4. Dust with icing sugar and top with extra cherries to serve.