Not Your Mother's Fruitcake

• 1 cup (225 ml) water
• 4 cups (950 ml) fruit cake mix
• 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
• 3/4 cup (175 ml) butter
• 2 cups (475 ml) flour
• 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda
• 1 tsp (5 ml) spice mix (see below)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) cinnamon
• 1/8 cup (30 ml) ginger
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) nutmeg
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) cloves

1. Combine ingredients for spice mix and place in zip-lock bag or sealed container for this and future uses.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees (150 C.).
3. Grease 9 x 5 loaf pan, line with foil.
4. Combine water, fruit mix, sugar, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
5. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil gently for about 10 minutes.
6. Mix flour, baking soda, and 1 tsp (5 ml) spice mix in a large bowl.
7. Pour boiled mixture and stir until blended.
8. Mix in eggs.
9. Pour into the loaf pan.
10. Bake for 90 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
11. Cool in pan for at least 10 minutes.

water, cake mix, sugar, butter, flour, baking soda, spice mix, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0016EC (may not work)