Christmas Cake Fruit Mix

• 6 cups golden raisins
• 2 1/2 cups currants
• 2 1/4 cups raisins, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups pitted dates, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups prunes, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups glace cherries, quartered
• 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped
• 1/2 cup crystallised ginger, chopped
• 1/2 cup candied mixed citrus peel
• 3 medium apples, peeled, cored and grated
• 2/3 cup fig jam
• 2 tbsp grated orange peel
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp mixed spice, such as pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/4 cups Grand Marnier, rum or brandy

1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl; mix well. Cover tightly. Store in a cool, dark place at least overnight or for up to a month, stirring occasionally.
2. Use this basic fruit mixture recipe to make one deep 9-inch round cake, one boiled pudding and about 48 fruit mince tarts.

golden raisins, currants, raisins, dates, prunes, glacue cherries, dried apricots, crystallised ginger, peel, apples, orange juice, lemon peel, lemon juice, brown sugar, mixed spice, grand marnier

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/37018 (may not work)