Fruit Cake

Preparation Time:	10 minutes
Cooking Time:	2 hours
Time Until Ready:	3 hours
Serves:	12

Ingredients

1/2 pound of butter
1/2 pound of sugar
1/2 pound of sultanas or currants
1/2 pound of candied peel
1/2 pound of flour
1/2 a grated nutmeg (or use ground nutmeg)
A few chopped almonds
Juice and chopped rind (all) of 1 lemon
2 eggs
A little milk

Directions

• Beat the butter to a cream and add the eggs one by one and then add the other ingredients.
• Bake in a greased and paper-lined tin in a medium oven for about 2 hours.
• Turn out on a cake rack to cool.

Delicious with a cup of tea after you've been out working in the garden.

Source: Adapted from Mrs. Beeton's Family Cookery

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