Date-nut Fruit Cake

Ingredients
4 eggs
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup broken walnuts
1 1/2 cup broken almonds
1 1/2 cup broken hazelnuts
1 1/2 cup candied cherries halved
1 1/2 cup candied pumpkin 2 cups dated
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rum
2 tbsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp salt


Method
1. Soak the fruits & nuts in the rum overnight. Beat together eggs, gradually adding sugar &
vanilla.
2. Mix thoroughly. Add flour, baking powder, salt, nuts & fruits one spoon at time & mixing well.
3. Line 2 cake tins with wax paper. Divide mixture between pans. You might want to save
some of the nuts to sprinkle on the top.
4. To do this - first bake the for 5-7 minutes and then sprinkle the nuts on top. This prevents
them from sinking into the cake.
5. Bake for 1 hour at 325o F or until knife inserted in the cake comes out dry.