Ingredients
10 oz raisins
10 oz sultanas
4 oz brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla powder
1/2 pt cold tea
20 oz self-rising flour
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
6 oz butter or margarine
3 eggs
opt.:
4 oz walneuts (reduce raisins & sultanas to 8 oz each)
20 oz all-purpose flour + 2.5 tsp baking powder + 0.75 tsp baking soda + 0.75 tsp salt instead of the self-rising flour
Preparation
soak fruit and sugar in tea and vanilla overnight
preheat oven to 170 C / 325 F
sieve flour and spices into bowl
melt butter. beat eggs. add eggs & butter to fruit mixture
add flour mixture to fruit mixture. mix well
put mixture in greased 8 inch round tin and bake for 1.5 hrs
