Hi Bones, The recipe is as follows:
Rustie Lee’s Christmas Cake
1 lb Sultanas
2lb Mixed Fruit
8 oz Raisins
8 oz Currants
1 lb Butter
1lb Soft Brown Sugar
10 Eggs
1 lb Plain Flour
4 oz Ground Almonds
4 oz Chopped Cherries
1 Dessertspoon Cinnamon
1 Dessertspoon Nutmeg
1 floz Vanilla Essence
1 floz Rum Flavour
1 Bottle Ruby Wine
½ Bottle Rum
1 tablespoon caramel colour or treacle
Method
1. Steam all fruit together in ruby wine for 15 minutes. Let it cool.
2. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, then gradually add eggs and caramel colour (or treacle).
3. Mix ground almonds to flour, adding cinnamon and nutmeg.
4. Add dry ingredients to creamed butter and fold in.
5. Mix fruit into mixture, adding vanilla and rum flavour.
6. Place in well-lined, large tin and bake for 3 hours at 325F/175C.
7. Take from oven, allow to cool. Pour half bottle of rum over cake allowing it to soak in.
8. To keep cake moist wrap in silver foil and keep until ready for decoration.