Christmas special mixed fruit cake

• Ingredients:-
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• 225g self raising flour
• 110g butter
• 110g sugar
• 225g mixed fruit (include cherries if wished)
• 1 egg
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice (optional)

Method:-

1. Rub the butter into the flour until it looks like fine breadcrumbs, add sugar and dried fruit and mixed spice, if using.

2. Add egg and milk to make a soft dropping consistency.

3. Put into lined 2 lb loaf tin or 6" round cake tin. Sprinkle demerara sugar over the top and pat down with the back of a spoon (this gives a nice crunchy top) and bake for approximately 1 to 1 1/4 hours in a preheated oven at 180 C / 160 C fan / Gas 4 until a skewer comes out clean.