Guyanese Dundee Cake

Ingredients

• 8 oz butter or margarine
• 8 oz Sugar
• 8 oz flour
• 4 eggs
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 2 oz finely chopped peanuts
• Grated rind of 1 lemon
• 4 oz mixed fruit peel
• 1 lb mixed dried fruit
• ½ oz Peanut halves

Directions

1. Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
3. Sieve the flour with the baking powder.
4. Lightly fold in the flour, a little at a time, adding the fruit, nuts and rind with the last bit of flour.
5. Pour the mixture into an 8-inch cake pan which has been lined with greased paper. Place split nuts on top.
6. Bake about 1 - 1½ hours in a moderate oven.