best ever, last minute - easy fruit cake recipe

For a no-fuss - last minute - moist fruit cake, guaranteed to become a favourite - here is the recipe...
You don't have to make it just at Christmas or Easter...

best ever last minute Fruit Cake

Ingredients:
1 kg mixed dried fruit. (If you like a darker looking cake, add prunes to the mix. Everytime we make this, the mixed dried fruit stays the same but we add other fruit to it as well: dried cranberries, crushed pineapple etc )

½ cup liquid. (Use sherry, rum or Earl Grey tea)

200g butter

2 cups flour

½ cup sugar

½ teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

2 eggs

½ cup milk

¼ cup honey

Method:

Soak dried fruit in the liquid overnight














then...

Rub butter into flour in a large bowl

Add sugar, baking soda and salt then mix in the soaked dried fruit mix

In a separate bowl, mix eggs with milk and honey

Add to the fruit mixture and mix well with your hands

Put into a lined tin (23cm)

Bake at 160°C for 2½ hours

Enjoy, with or without icing

You know you're serving up something good when everyone who tastes it asks for the recipe
This one is a winner

easy fruit cake recipe