Sufra Dayma:

Moist Fruit Cake

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

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Makes one 23cm round cake

Ingredients:

150 gms plain flour

150 gms self-raising flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

3 eggs + 1 tsp vanilla (beaten)

250 gms soft brown sugar

250 ml water

175 gms each: raisins + sultanas + currants

50 gms each: glacé cherries (chopped) + mixed peel + walnuts (chopped)

1/2 tsp each: ground cinnamon + ground ginger

175 gms butter

Method:

Put raisins, sultanas, currants, sugar, spices and butter into a saucepan with the water. Bring to the boil, stirring. Simmer for 3 minutes, then leave to cool. When cold, stir in the eggs. Sift the flours and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl and stir in the cherries, peel and nuts. Stir in the fruit and egg mixture until thoroughly mixed, then turn into greased cake tin. Bake in a preheated moderate oven at 160 degrees for approx. 1 1/2 hours. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.