Guaranteed to keep fresh for a long time -- also guaranteed
to be eaten up quickly!
INGREDIENTS
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbs. Dutch cocoa
4 Tbs. orange or plum jam
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
50 gr. (checked) raisins
50 gr. candied orange peel
2 tsp. ground nuts or almonds
1 Tbs. grated lemon peel (scrape & wash first)
1/2 tsp. each: salt, cinnamon, ginger
2 Tbs. cognac or liquer
INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully brown 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan.
Pour 1 cup warm water (not boiling), stir, cool.
In bowl: mix 1 cup sugar, oil, cocoa, eggs.
Add flour, mix well (wooden spoon or mixer-on-low).
Mix caramel into contents of bowl.
Add fruit and spices and mix.
Add flour, baking powder and baking soda.
Pour into lined and lightly oiled pan.
Bake in preheated, medium (180 C.) oven for 50 min
or until firm, golden and toothpick-dry.
CANDIED ORANGE PEEL
Clean and scrape orange peels, avoid the white part.
Boil up and reject water 3 times.
Add equal amount of sugar and boil
till sugar has been dissolved.
