Ingredients
- 500 grams Dried mixed fruit
- 1 can Crushed pineapple (450g)
- 125 grams Unsalted butter
- 1 cup Caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon Mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 cup Grated carrot
- 2 Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup Plain flour
- 1 cup Self-raising flour
Directions
- Grease deep 19cm square cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper extending paper 5cm above edges of pan.
- Combine pineapple (and syrup), fruit, butter, sugar, mixed spice, nutmeg and bicarbonate of soda in a saucepan. Stir over a low heat until sugar is disolved. Bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in carrot. Cool.
- When mixture is cold stir in eggs and combined sifted flours. Spoon mixture into prepared pan.
- Cook cake in a moderately slow oven (160C) for about 1 3/4 hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove and allow cake to cool in pan.
- To serve, turn cake out onto a chopping board and cut into slices.