HALF A POUND CAKE or Second Anchor

This recipe was given to me by my friend Atty and she nicknamed it “the second anchor”, as she would bake it for her husband and his friends to take with them when they went off sailing! As you will notice all the ingredients are half a pound!

The first of two very different fruit cakes I will give you over the next week.

½ lb caster sugar

½ lb butter

½ lb sultanas

½ lb currants

½ lb eggs

½ lb plain flour

½ teaspoon mixed spice

1 sherry glass of any booze [I like that!!]

Peel optional - I did use some, but not ½ lb

Prepare/line an 8 “ loose bottomed cake tin.

Cream the butter and sugar til light and fluffy, add the beaten eggs, one at a time. Mix all the dry ingredients together then add, along with your choice of booze. Rum? Brandy? Whiskey? each imparts its own flavour. Not sure if Gin would work though.

Bake for approx 3 hours in a very low oven, 120 deg C, perhaps covering for the last hour.