Ingredients
4oz soft butter or margarine
4oz soft brown sugar
2 eggs
8oz self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
8oz dried fruit ( raisins, currants and sultanas)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2tbsp milk
Method
Preheat oven to 150 degC fan/ 165
Grease and line a 7″ round cake tin
Put all the ingredients except the fruit into a mixer and beat until smooth. Add the fruit and stir until incorporated. Pour the mix into the cake tin and bake for about an hour- check with a wooden skewer, cook for longer if required. Mine was ready after an hour. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.