Plain Fruit Cake Recipe

There may be all sorts of fancy cakes you can buy and make these days but sometimes it's nice just to have something simple and old fashioned. Hopefully you'll love this plain fruit cake recipe as much as I do.

8 oz of self-raising flour
A pinch of salt
3 oz of margarine
3 oz of sugar
2 oz of currants
2 oz of sultanas
1 oz of desiccated coconut
2 eggs
Milk to mix

1) Sieve the flour and salt and rub in the fat. Add sugar, fruit etc.

2) Add the lightly beaten eggs, and enough milk to give a dropping consitency.

3) To test, take a spoonful of the mixture, which should drop while you count slowly to 4 to 5.

4) Put the mixture into a greased 7-inch cake tin, and bake it at 350 F for about 1 hour.

5) The cake should be golden-brown and firm to the touch. Turn out, and cool on a wire tray.