Ingredients:

• 300g- plain flour or Maida
• 1/4 tsp – salt
• 250g – Butter
• 250g – Sugar (powdered)
• 300g – mixed dried fruit (chopped into small pieces and soaked in rum for 2 months)
• 1 tsp – finely grated Orange rind
• 3 eggs, beaten well
• 1/2 cup – cold Milk
• 1 tsp – vanilla essence
• 1 tsp – baking powder

Method:

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a big bowl.
2. Mix in the butter and rub finely with fingertips to form crumbs.
3. Add the sugar, vanilla essence, chopped fruit, and orange rind and mix well.
4. Add the milk and eggs and using a fork, mix to a semi-stiff batter without churning or beating.
5. When evenly mixed, pour the mixture into a greased and papered cake tin and bake in a hot oven for 45 minutes or till the cake is cooked inside and brown on the top.
6. Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes

Recipe courtesy of Bridget White