Recipe

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• 1-3/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup mixed dried fruit
• 1/2 cup thin icing
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

• 1 Use raisins, currants, dates and/or prunes for the fruit in this recipe.
• 2 Wash fruit then drain and chop it fine.
• 3 Sift flour and measure it then sift it again with baking powder and sugar.
• 4 Work in the butter until mixture is in particles the size of peas.
• 5 Add to this the beaten egg then the milk slowly stirring just enough to mix.
• 6 Add fruits then spoon batter into a greased tube or ring cake pan.
• 7 Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
• 8 Remove cake to a cookie sheet and spread it with a thin icing and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• 9 Return it to the oven for 2 minutes then slide it onto a cake plate and serve warm or cold.