Fruit Cake With Nuts And Citron

Ingredients

• 8 oz creamery butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 5 cups sifted flour
• 2 level tbsp baking powder
• 1 cup seeded raisins
• 1 cup currants
• 1 cup finely chopped citron
• 1 ¼ cups milk
• 1 cup finely chopped nuts

Method

1. 1 Cream butter and sugar until frothy and light like snow.
2. 2 Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. 3 Mix in flour, baking powder, raisins, currants, citron, milk, and nuts.
4. 4 Pour into a greased and floured pan lined with parchment paper.
5. 5 Bake in a slow oven (300°F) for one and one-half hours.