A perfect fruitcake for a family of nutbars

Ingredients
1 l/2 cups mixed fruit or sultanas
3 beaten eggs
8 oz/225 grams butter
12 oz/1 1/2 cups caster sugar
12 ozs/1 1/2 cups flour
2 level tsp baking powder
1 tsp almond essence

Method
Cover fruit with water, like Bircher Muesli leave for two days to soak fruit. Drain and add the melted butter. Add this to beaten eggs, essence, sugar and beat until thick and creamy. Add fruit and flour and baking powder.

Mix well and pour into a 25cm cake tin or two old sized loaf tins.

Bake at 150C for one hour on fan. Add 20 degrees to oven without fan. Leave to cool in tin.