Mary Hunter has sent in this recipe that she got from her Scottish mother in law

Ingredients:

• 1 mug dried mixed fruit
• 1 mug demerara sugar
• 1 mug cold tea
• 2 eggs
• 2 mugs SR flour
• 1 large dessert spoon mixed spice

Method:

• Mix fruit and sugar
• Cover with the cold tea and leave to soak overnight
• Oven temp 150c fan
• Grease and line 2 x1lb or 1x 2 lb bread tins
• Mix together the eggs, flour and mixed spice
• Stir in the soaked fruit, sugar and cold tea
• Bake for about 1 hour for the 1lb loaves longer for the 2lb
• Leave to cool in the tins before turning out

Nice sliced and spread with a little butter