Boiled Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

1. Dark raisins - 1 cup soaked in water for 30 minutes
2. golden raisins - 1 cup soaked in water for 30 minutes
3. butter - 1/4 cup
4. brown sugar - 1 cup
5. cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
6. ginger powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Orange zest - 1/4 tsp
8. salt - 1/2 tsp
9. Orange juice - 1 cup
10. eggs - 2
11. vanilla essence - 1 tsp
12. chopped nuts - 1 cup (mix of cashews,walnuts,almonds)
13. All purpose flour - 1.5 cups
14. baking soda - 1 tsp

Method:
drain the raisins from water and add to a pan .
Into the raisins Add butter  ,brown sugar , cinnamon and ginger powder and salt plus the orange juice and bring to a simmer.
cook for 2 minutes and turn the flame off.
Allow the mixture to cool down.
preheat oven to 180 degrees.
in a different bowl beat the eggs with vanilla essence and add this to the cooled raisin mixture.
add in the chopped nuts and all purpose flour sifted with the baking powder , orange zest and stir well.
Pour the mixture into a parchment lined baking pan.
bake for 45 - 50 minutes  or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
cool on a wire rack .