Boiled Fruit Cake | Reader's Digest Australia

Ingredients

• 5 cups (900 g) mixed dried fruit
• 2 cups (320 g) chopped dates
• 100 g chopped glace cherries
• 125 g butter
• 1 cup (185 g) soft brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 3?4 cup (185 ml) sherry plus an extra 1?4 cup (60 ml) for drizzling
• 2 eggs
• 1?4 cup (80 g) apricot jam
• 1 cup (150 g) self-raising flour
• 1 cup (150 g) plain flour
• 1?3 cup (50 g) blanched almonds