Yummy Fruit Cake

                                   Quick and Easy Fruit Cake

Hello again guys :)! Today just a quick recipe that everybody can do as it is quite easy with very few ingredients.

I am going to show you how to make a fruit cake which is a good choice for the afternoon tea or for a quick bite in the morning for breakfast. I have done this multiple times and what I like in this recipe is that you can put whatever you like. I usually opt for dried fruit and especially include dried cranberries and blueberries as it becomes top class! Else you can put what you prefer and some people might even decide to add chocolate chips but that's actually up to you :)!

Ingredients:

• 225g self-raising flour
  
• 110g butter
  
• 110g sugar
  
• 225g mixed fruit
  
• 1 egg
  
• 5 tablespoons milk or as required
  
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice (Optional)

Method:

© C.Armeni

• Oil or butter a round cake tin or a loaf tin and leave it aside and preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan
  
• Rub the butter into the flour until it becomes like fine breadcrumbs
  
• Add sugar, dried mixed fruit and the mixed spice (if using)
  
• Add egg and milk to make a soft dropping consistency (If mixture is still dry add another tablespoon milk or as required to bring to the desired consistency
  
• Put mixture in the loaf tin/cake tin and sprinkle some sugar (Optional) over the top and pat it a bit with back of a spoon as this gives a nice crunchy top
  
• Bake for around 1 to 1hour 15minutes in the preheated over or until a skewer comes out clean

P.S I usually cut down on the sugar as I prefer the natural sweet taste that is released from the dried fruit and I do not sprinkle sugar on top - instead I put some dried raisins on the top for that crunchy bit.

Hope you enjoy this recipe!

C.Armeni