Cornflakes mixed fruit cake

Ingredients

• 200 g plain flour
• 2.3/4  teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup/30 g cornflakes, finely blended
• 180 g butter/margarine
• 6  tablespoons ground almonds
• 100 g brown sugar
• 3 eggs lightly beaten
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 150 ml milk/soymilk
• 100 gm mixed fruits - 60 gm dried pineapple, 20 gm sultanas and 20 g cranberries, chopped.
• A pinch of salt

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Preparation

• Cut up the dried fruits and coat with some flour from the above recipe, set aside.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Add in the blended cornflakes, mix well.
• Cut in the butter into the flour mixture till it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Add in ground almonds and sugar, mix well. Stir in the lightly beaten eggs, soymilk, mix in slowly.
• Lastly, add in the mixed fruits. Pour batter into a lightly greased and floured 8 inch sq. tin.
• Bake in preheated oven 180 deg C for 45 - 50 minutes. Test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
• Cool in tin for about 5 minutes. before removing from tin and cool completely on a wire rack.