makes one 23 cm round cake
Ingredients
500 g mixed dried fruit or cake mix
250 g butter
250 ml sugar
250 ml water
250 g dates
MethodBegin by preparing your cake tin. Prepare your pan by treating it with Spray n Cook and also line the cake tin with 2 layers of baking paper. Bring the above ingredients to the boil and boil for 20 minutes, taking care not to burn the mixture. Allow to cool and in the same pot, add the following:
10 ml bicarb dissolved in a little warm water
25 ml brandy
10 ml baking powder
500 ml flour
2 eggs – beaten
100 g nuts
100 g cherries
Method
Mix your cake batter properly and pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 2 hours at 140 C. Check with a skewer to see if cake is done. Remove cake from pan, but keep baking paper in tact. Allow to cool and pour over your first 3 T of brandy. Keep in a airtight container and twice more feed the cake with brandy!
Nina Timm
