Apple Fruit Cake     

Cake Ingredients
     1/2  cup           Butter
   1      cup           Light brown sugar -- firmly pressed
   1                    Egg
   1      teaspoon      Vanilla
   1 3/4  cups self raising flour
   1      teaspoon      Baking powder
     1/2  teaspoon      bicarbonate soda
     1/2  teaspoon      Cinnamon
     1/2  teaspoon      Nutmeg
     1/2  teaspoon      Salt
     1/4  cup           Milk
   1 1/2  cups          Golden Delicious Apples -- cored,pared,finely chopped
   1      cup           Raisins or chopped dates
   1      cup           Mixed candied fruit
   1      cup           Nuts -- chopped

Directions
Preheat oven to 275F or 140C.  In mixing bowl, cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat 
until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.  Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, 

nutmeg and salt; 
add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. 
Fold in apples, raisins, mixed fruits and nuts.  Spread evenly in a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan lined 

with waxed paper.
 Bake 2 1/2 to 3 hours in oven.  Cool in pan. Remove paper; wrap and store in cool place.