15oz can crushed pineapple 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 lb mixed dried fruit 4oz butter 4pz sugar Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Turn off and allow to cool. Stir in 8 oz self raising flour 2 beaten eggs Place in cake tin (I use an 8 inch tin). Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes @ 200C/400F/ gas Mark 6. It is that simple. Pineapple crush is quite difficult to source nowadays, I used a tin of value pineapple as it tends to have smaller pieces. It is very adaptable. You can vary the dried fruit, I substituted glacé cherries and chopped dried apricots for some of the conventional dried fruit. My daughter is a Vegan so I used egg substitute. An every day cut and come again cake. Good with a cuppa. It makes a very moist cake.
Re: Doggy Helper Cake I drain the chopped pineapple and add some of the juice back, but if I can get crushed pineapple I just put the whole 15 pz tin in. It is very much a 'do it by feel' recipe as the amount of liquid in the pineapple varies tremendously.
Re: Doggy Helper Cake Thanks Molly. I don't think I have ever seen crushed pineapple, so would buy tinned and crush it!
