Celebration Cake

Ingredients

450g currants
300g sultanas
1 1/2 cups grated carrot, lightly packed (135g)
1/3 cup whisky
1 1/3 cup P&N Extra Juicy Apple Juice
100g dried apricots, chopped
100g butter
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 1/2 cups wholemeal flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs

Directions

Place currants, sultanas, grated carrot and whisky in a large mixing bowl. Heat apple juice, chopped apricots and butter together in a large pot until butter has melted. Dissolve bicarbonate of soda in this hot mixture, then pour this over fruit. Add dry ingredients and eggs and mix well.

Transfer mixture to a prepared 23 x 23cm cake tin (base lined with greaseproof paper and greased. Decorate surface with a few whole or chopped walnuts if desired.

Bake at 160 C until cooked, approximately 55 minutes.

To make it easier to cut into serving size portions, cut cake into quarters first, then each quarter into 16 servings.