Fruit Cake Slice With Lemon Icing. - cooking recipe

Ingredients

125 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
1/4 cup apricot jam
3 cups crumbled fruitcake
3/4 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 teaspoons mixed spice
1/2 cup milk
extra mixed spice, to decorate
LEMON ICING INGREDIENTS
100 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar icing

Preparation

Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base of pan with baking paper.
Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in apricot jam. Transfer mixture to a large bowl.
Stir cake crumbs into egg mixture until combined,stir in flour, coconut, mixed spice and milk, in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pan.
Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 30 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
Lemon Icing ~
Beat butter and lemon rind until pale in colour. Gradually beat in icing sugar mixture, and beat until smooth.
Spread lemon icing over cold slice. Sprinkle with extra mixed spice before cutting into squares.