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 180°C

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

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