Boiled Fruitcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 2/3 cups mixed fruit (eg currants, raisins, golden raisins, dates, prunes, dried cherries or cranberries)
1/3 cup mixed peel
1/3 cup glace cherries
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice (similar to pumpkin pie spice)
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs (beaten)

Preparation

Preheat your oven to 350f.
Place the sugar, water, fruit, peel, glace cherries, almond, spices, soda and butter in a saucepan.
Bring to the boil stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat when it reaches the boil, and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Add the beaten egg, sifted flours and pour into a prepared tin-greased and lined 7 inch square or 8 inch round cake tin.
Bake for 1 hour, allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.