Barriball Fruitcake

Total Time: 25 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg mixed fruit
• 2 cups unsweetened orange juice
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 teaspoon dried ginger powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground spices
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 place mixed fruit and orange juice in a bowl and leave to soak over night or longer if needed.
• 2 preheat oven to 170°c.
• 3 once the orange juice has soaked in, add the self raising flour, spices and vanilla essence.
• 4 mix thoroughly.
• 5 line a medium cake tin with baking paper and spoon in the mixture. level out the top and place in the oven for 1.5 hrs, or until the skewer comes out clean.
• 6 remove from oven and cool on cake cooler.
• 7 i cut my cake up into 10 rows of 4 slices. i put 4 slices together in plastic sandwich bags and freeze so i only need to take out a few slices at a time.
• 8 is yummy with custard poured over for a dessert too.