Basic Fruit Cake Mixture

Ingredients

1kg mixed dried fruit
½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
½ cup orange-flavoured liqueur
200g butter, at room temperature
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature
1⅔ cups plain flour
½ cup unsalted macadamias, chopped
100g dark eating chocolate, finely
chopped

Method

1 Combine the mixed fruit, juice and liqueur in a large glass bowl. Stand for 8 hours, or overnight, until fruit is soft.

2 Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one by one, beating until combined. Fold in flour, fruit mixture, macadamias and chocolate.