Decadent Coffee and Fruit Cake

This is a coffee cake, with a whole lot of extras! Dried fruit and cloves add an exotic, aromatic touch to this traditional recipe!

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup, black hot coffee
• 4 Cloves
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 120g  softened butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• ½ cup golden syrup
• 2 cups dried mixed fruit

METHOD

1. Soak the cloves for 30 minutes in the hot coffee
2. Preheat oven to 180º C
3. Sift the flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and bicarb. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and creamy.
4. Strain coffee to remove the  cloves, add flour mixture to creamed mixture, along with eggs, syrup and coffee. Beat. Stir in mixed fruit.
5. Place mixture into greased cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
6. Dust with icing sugar and add some fresh, seasonal fruit for an extra burst of flavour!