Special Occasion Cakes Recipes - Flourless Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 450g/1 1/3 cup mincemeat

• 350g/2 cups dried mixed fruit

• 115g/1/2 cup ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped

• 115g/2/3 cup ready-to-eat dried figs, chopped

• 115g/1/2 cup glace cherries, halved

• 115g/1 cup walnut pieces

• 225g/8-10 cups cornflakes, crushed

• 4 eggs, lightly beaten

• 410g/14 1/2oz can evaporated milk

• 5ml/1 tsp mixed spice

• 5ml/1 tsp baking powder

• mixed glace fruits, chopped, to decorate

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2. Grease a 25cm/10in round cake tin, line the base and sides with a double thickness of greaseproof paper and grease the paper.

2. Put all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Beat together well.

3. Turn into the cake tin and smooth the surface.

4. Bake for about 1 3/4 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack, peel off the lining paper and leave to cool completely. Decorate with the chopped glace fruits.