DUNDEE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:
chopped glace cherries - 75 gms
currants - 110 gms
chopped mixed peel - 50 gms
golden raisins - 110 gms
ground almonds - 50 gms
butter - 225 gms
castor sugar - 225 gms
eggs - 3
blanched almonds - 3 tbsp
Grated rind of one lemon
cherry - 1 tsp
plain flour - 350 gms
raisins - 110 gms


Preparations:

* Grease and line a 18cm cake tin.
* In a bowl mix together golden raisins, peel, ground almonds, currants, raisins and cherries.
* In a separate bowl beat the butter till soft then add castor sugar and the lemon rind and beat till light and fluffy.
* In a separate bowl beat the eggs together and then gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
* Mix the flour and the baking powder in a separate container and sift it well and add to the creamed mixture along with the cherry and all the dried fruits mix together earlier.
* Pour this mixture into the greased tin, try to create a hollow in the center and cover that center with the almonds.
* Bake this cake for 2 1/2 - 3 hours at 325 degrees F or till a skewer pricked into the center of the cake comes out clean.
* When done cool the cake in the tin for 15 minutes and then let it cool completely on a wire rack.