Farmhouse Fruit Cake

Mix together the flours, baking powder and nutmeg. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, or use a food processor to do this.

Stir in the sugar, sultanas, peel, cherries and the rind and juice of the half a lemon. Make a well in the mixture and add the eggs and milk, mix together. Spoon the cake mixture into a greased and lined 18cm (7 inch) round cake tin.

2 Oven AGA
Cook in the AGA Cake Baker for about 1 hour, until the cake is browned and firm to the touch.

3 and 4 Oven AGA
Bake for about 1¼ hours just below the centre of the Baking Oven, until the cake is browned and firm to the touch. Allow to cool for 15 minutes then turn out onto a cake rack to cool completely.

Conventional cooking
Bake at 180ºC, fan oven 160ºC, Gas Mark 4 for about 1¼ hours, until browned and firm to the touch.