Pineapple Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 500g mixed dried fruit
• 425g tin of crushed pineapple in juice (don’t drain)  
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 125g butter, chopped
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1 cup plain flour
• Optional: apricot jam to glaze.

Directions

1. Line a 23cm cake tin with baking paper.
2. Place mixed dried fruit, crushed pineapple (including the juice), butter, brown sugar, mixed spice and cinnamon into a saucepan. Bring to the boil for 5 mins.
3. Stir in the baking soda. Turn off the heat and leave to cool. Pre-heat oven to 160°C.
4. Once cooled, add in two lightly beaten eggs and both types of flour. Mix well to combine.
5. Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 40 minutes or until the top turns golden. Then remove from oven, quickly cover with foil, return to the oven and continue to bake for another 50 minutes or until cooked.
6. Leave cake in tin for 10 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
7. Optional: mix some apricot jam with a little hot water, then brush over cake to glaze.