Mrs MacRae’s Fruit Cake Loaf

Situated on its own tiny rock island where the great western sea lochs – Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh – meet, and accessed by an arched stone bridge, Eilean Donan Castle stands proud out on the water as if basking in the glory of its magnificent view of the surrounding mountains. This medieval monument is perhaps the most iconic image of the Scottish Highlands. Partially destroyed in a Jacobite uprising in 1719, it lay in ruins for almost 200 years until Lieutenant Colonel Jo