Recipe: Black Bun (Fruit Cake)

Ingredients...

Pastry...

6 oz self raising flour
2 oz fat
pinch of salt
water to mix

Cake...

6 oz self raising flour
3 oz brown sugar
1 1/2 lb mixed fruit
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions...

1) Make pastry. Mix cake ingredients to a fairly soft consistency.

2) Line a loaf tin with the pastry, add cake mixture and top with pastry.

3) Bake in oven at 325 F for 1 hour then gradually reduce heat to 300 F for 2 hours.