This recipe is by Florence Marian McNeill

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb butter
• 1/2 lb sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1/4 lb currants
• 1/4 lb raisins
• 1/4 lb sultanas
• 3oz ground almonds
• 2oz candied peel
• zest of one large orange

Instructions

1. preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and pale
3. add 6 eggs, one at a time
4. add flour and dried fruit, ground almonds and orange zest
5. pour batter into a lined cake tin and bake or 1 hour