According to Georgina Landemare, Churchill’s cook, fruit cake was a great favorite of the prime minister’s. This recipe is inspired by one that appears in Mrs. Landemare’s Churchill’s Cookbook. It is lighter and more colorful, and glacé cherries, dried figs, and dried apricots replace the golden raisins (sultanas). Some eighty years ago, the fruit was soaked in tea to soften it. However, I use apple juice and also add in a
