Pumpkin Fruit Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 4 ounces butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, not packed
• 1 cup mashed pumpkin, fresh not canned
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 lb dried mixed fruit (your choice)
• 2 tablespoons plum jam or 2 tablespoons marmalade
• 2 tablespoons orange juice, fresh
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup (honey if you are in the states)
• 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
• 2 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter and sugar.
• 2 add all the other ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon.
• 3 pour mixture into a greased and lined 8 inch square tin (needs to be deep).
• 4 bake at 170oc for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, or until when cooked when tested.
• 5 note - blached almonds can be added to the top of this cake prior to baking to make it look pretty.