Pineapple Boiled Fruit Cake

• mixed dried fruit500 g
• brown sugar↗1 cup
• butter↗155 g
• crushed pineapple↗1 can
• eggs↗2
• plain flour↗1 cup
• self raising flour↗1 1⁄2 cups
• mixed spice1 teaspoon
• bicarbonate of soda↗1 teaspoon

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Place mixed fruit, sugar, butter and pineapple including juice into a saucepan.

2. 2

   Simmer for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Allow to cool.

4. 4

   Beat eggs slightly and stir into fruit mixture.

5. 5

   Sift together the flours, spice and bircarbonate of soda.

6. 6

   Fold into fruit mixture.

7. 7

   Place mixture into a greased and lined 30cm cake tin.

8. 8

   Bake in a moderate oven for 90 minutes.

9. 9

   Test after 90 minutes.