THE MANOR FRUIT CAKE

The ingredients....1 x 225gm can of crushed pinepple (undrained ),225gm of butter/ marg, 3/4 cup of firmly packed sugar,725gm of dried mixed fruit, 3 beaten eggs ,1 cup of self raising flour ,1 cup of plain flour ,1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda , 1 tsp of baking powder, 1 tsp of almond extract ,1 tsp of lemon essence , 1 tsp of ground cloves , 1 dsp of mixed spice. Preheat your oven to 160 deg C . Lightly grease a 23cm cake pan and line the base with baking paper . Place the crushed pineapple with juice in a med/large pot along with 225gm of butter/ marg, 3/4 cup of brown sugar and the mixed fruit . Bring the fruit mixture to a slow boil and then remove from heat and set aside to cool down to room temperature . When the mixture is sufficiently cooled please stir through the remaining ingredients with a wooden spoon . Pour into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes , or until skewer inserted comes out clean . Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack .