Last time I made a fruit cake, it seemed a little dry. I have adjusted the ingredients a bit and this is what I have come up with.
3 cups mixed fruit
1 cup caster sugar
1 cup water
2 teas mixed spice
160gm butter
2 eggs
1 cup SR flour
1 cup PL flour
1 teas baking soda
2 teas hot water
3/4 cup rum
Place mixed fruit, sugar, water, spice, 1/4 cup rum and butter in a sauce pan.
Bring for for 10 mins.
Remove from stove and allow to cool.
Once cooled, add beaten egg.
Fold in flours.
Add dissolved baking soda.
Add remaining rum.
Do not over mix, just fold together.
Bake in slow – moderate oven for 1 1/2 hours.