How to Make Christmas Fruit Cake

Ingredients for the Christmas Fruit cake

Flour – 10 oz

Butter – 10oz

Sultanas – 8 oz

Sweetened Condensed Milk – 1 tin [Full cream]

Glace cherries – 2 oz [chopped]

Almonds – 2 oz [chopped]

Currants – 8 oz

Peel – 4 oz [chopped]

Finely grated rind of one orange

Bi-carb – ¾ tsp

Lemons – 2

Salt – 1 pinch

Method of the Preparation of the Christmas Fruit Cake

Put the water, butter, chopped fruits grated rinds and condensed milk in a pan and bring to boil, stirring continuously. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, still stirring.

Sift the salt and flour together in a bowl. Stir Bi-carb in to the cooled, cooked fruit mixture. Stir the fruit into the flour mixture and mix well. Pour the mixture into greased bake tin and bake at 325°F for 2 ½ hours.