Recipe - Australian Christmas Cake

One half pound Butter
One half pound Brown Sugar
5 Whole Eggs
4 tablespoon Rum
Three fourths pound Flour
One half teaspoon Baking Powder
1 One half pound Mixed Fruit
One fourth pound Cherries
One fourth pound Lemon Peel
1 teaspoon Mixed Spice
Almonds

1. Line a 3 Lb. Christmas tin with 3 thicknesses of wax paper.

2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.

3. Beat eggs well and gradually add to mixture.

4. Gradually add the rum. Fold in the sifted flour, baking powder and
spices alternately with the fruit.

5. Place in Christmas tin and decorate with split almonds.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 One half to 3 hours.

Leave in tin until cold.

Recipe by: diane@keyway.net

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 195 by "Diane Geary"
diane@keyway.net on Nov 4, 1997