Recipe: Eggless Fruit Cake

Eggless Fruit Cake
Recipe from: Carlton Food Network

10 oz self-raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice
1 pinch salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 pt well-strained weak tea
3 oz margarine or cooking fat
3 oz sugar
3 oz dried fruit

Grease and flour a 7" cake tin. Sift the flour, spice, salt and bicarbonate of soda together. Pour the tea into a saucepan, add the margarine or cooking fat, sugar and dried fruit. Heat until the fat and sugar melt then boil for 2-3 minutes. Allow to cool slightly; pour on to the flour mixture, beat well and spoon into the tin. Bake in the centre of a moderate oven for 1 1/2 hours.