Boiled Fruit Cake

• 375 g mixed dried fruit
• 3/4 cup soft brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 cup water
• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup sherry wine
• 2 eggs, lighly beaten
• 2 tablespoons marmalade
• 1 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• prepared topping (optional)
• 1/3 cup toasted muesli
• 3 chopped walnuts and cherries

1. Place the mixed fruit, sugar, spice, water and butter in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer gently for 3 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. Add the sherry, eggs and marmalade. Fold in the sifted ingredients mixing well. Place mixture in a greased and lined 20cm round cake pan. For a crunchy topped cake, sprinkle over the muesli and docorate with a few walnuts and cherries before baking, Bake in a moderatley slow oven for 2 1/4 hours or until cooked when tested. (N.B. cover loosely with a sheet of foil or brown paper if top of cake os overbrowinging during cooking).

brown sugar, mixed spice, water, butter, sherry wine, eggs, marmalade, flour, flour, bicarbonate of soda, topping, walnuts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/boiled-fruit-cake-406387 (may not work)