Grandma's Prized Blue Ribbon Fruit Cake

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 ounces mixed peel
• 16 ounces glace cherries
• 8 ounces walnuts, chopped
• 8 ounces almonds, chopped
• 16 ounces pitted dates
• 8 ounces crushed pineapple, well drained
• 16 ounces raisins
• 16 ounces butter
• 6 ounces sugar
• 1 cup honey
• 10 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups plain flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 cup rum

Recipe

• 1 chop all the dried fruit and nuts. place in a bowl and set aside.
• 2 cream the butter, sugar and honey.
• 3 mix the rum, orange juice and eggsin a bowl.
• 4 add the wet ingredients alternatley with the sifted dried ingredients. stiring well after each addition.
• 5 add the fruit and nuts. stir well to combine.
• 6 pour into two 9 inch round cake tins or one large 30xm square tin, greased and well lined up to the rim(s).
• 7 bake at 130oc for 4 hours, turning once.
• 8 cool in tin.