Good-Cooking - Rum Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup candied cherries, chopped
• 1 cup slivered citron
• 1 1/2 cup currants
• 1 cup pitted dates, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups figs, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup dried prunes, cooked, drained and chopped
• 2 cups dark seedless raisins
• 2 cups dark rum
• 1 cup softened butter
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar, sieved
• 5 eggs
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups slivered blanched almonds, toasted