Cake & Cookies

Fruit Cake

Weigh three eggs.  

Weigh the same weight butter, light brown sugar, flour. 

2 teaspoons mixed spice 

1 desert spoon water.

12ozs dried fruit 

Cream together the sugar and butter until pale in colour.  

Beat in the eggs one at a time and add the water and beat.

Cover the fruit with two spoons flour and mix together.

Add the rest of flour to mixture and fold in carefully, 

then add the fruit and also fold in carefully.

Pour mixture into a prepared cake tin and cook 180 degrees 

for about 35 minutes, check cake is cooked, if not keep checking every few minutes

Peanut Butter Cookies

(Makes about 10)

3ozs flour

3/4oz Sugar

2 tablespoons Peanut Butter

1 egg

2oz Butter

1oz Peanuts (optional use if using smooth peanut butter)

Put all the ingredients in bowl and cream together.

Roll mixture into little balls and place on a prepared baking tray and press with fingers to flatten out.

Cook 180 degrees for 10 minutes.  Leave on tray until cold.