Name: Guard’s fruit cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 225 g (8 oz) self-raising flour; 50 g (2 oz) mixed peel; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 1 small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 100 g (4 oz) brown sugar; 100 g (4 oz) butter; 1 egg; 100 g (4 oz) raisins; 100 g (4 oz) currants; 150 ml (¼ pint) milk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Cooking

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

About

This is a mild, moist cake, and very good

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) self-raising flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 4.

Sieve the flour with the spices and bicarbonate of soda. Mix in the sugar by hand. Rub in the butter and add the fruit, shaken with a little flour from the measured amount.

Stir in the egg and milk, well beaten together. Bea