Sunbeam Spiced Christmas Cake - Sunbeam Foods - Australian Dried Fruits

Ingredients

• 1kg Sunbeam Mixed Fruit
• 150g Sunbeam Glacé Cherries
• 70g Sunbeam Walnuts
• 70g Sunbeam Blanched Almonds, roughly chopped
• 1 apple, grated (peeled and core removed)
• 3 tbsp golden syrup
• 250ml Cointreau or brandy
• 275g brown sugar
• 250g butter, softened to room temperature, plus extra to grease tin
• 4 eggs
• 450g plain flour
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tbsp finely grated orange zest
• 60ml orange juice
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda