Moist pineapple cake recipe

Ingredients

• 340 g dried mixed fruit
• 113 g margarine
• 225 g soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 can pineapple, mashed with the juice
• 225 g self raising flour
• 2 eggs

Method

1. Heat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.
2. Put the dried fruit, margarine, brown sugar, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda and the pineapple with all its juice into a large saucepan. Warm slowly until the fat and sugar have melted, then bring to the boil and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Leave the fruit mixture in the pan until it has cooled. Stir in the self-raising flour and eggs until evenly mixed.
4. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake until the centre is set and a skewer inserted into the cake comes out without wet batter. Leave to cool in the tin before turning it out.