Pumpkin Fruit Cake

INGREDIENTS
¾ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup sugar
2 cups SR flour
2 cups cold mashed pumpkin
2 eggs
2 cups of mixed fruit (cherries, sultanas, currants)
1 dessert spoon golden syrup
½ tsp each nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon
a little milk if necessary

METHOD
Heat oven to 180oC

Mix together olive oil and sugar.

Add eggs one at a time and beat well.

Add fruit and spices, then pumpkin.

Add sifted flour

Add golden syrup and a little milk to make a smooth consistency (maybe up to ¼ cup)

Spoon mixture into square tin lined with baking paper.

Make in moderate oven for 1 – 1 ½ hours (testing centre every 10 minutes after one hour)

Leave in tin to cool for 20 minutes before turning out onto rack