Try a easy moist fruit cake without eggs !
Line an 8 inch tin, put oven on to gas mark 5 /190c / 375f and make 1/2 a pint of strong tea (no milk).

Put 3oz margerine in a saucepan, 4oz moist brown sugar and 5oz mixed dried fruit, and heat only until melted.

Sift 10oz self raising flour, 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg.

Blend all the ingredients, spoon into the tin and bake for an hour.

Try this “smartie cake” !!

Find a simple Madeira cake recipe, then add to the mix, smarties. The chocolate and coloured coating melts into the mixture, during cooking, and the effect is a different multy-coloured rainbow chocolate ‘splodged’ cake. Children love it, and it is so easy and quick to make, either as a whole cake or individually.

Caramac x

Beetroot Cake

This one is always very popular. I think people are just curious.

250ml Sugar
250ml Cooking Oil
10ml Caramel Essence
3 Extra Large Eggs, separated
500ml Cake FLour
2ml Salt
10ml Baking Powder
250ml Grated Beetroot (raw)
250ml Grated Carrot (raw)
60ml Milk

Beat oil, sugar and essence together. Add egg yolks, beating well after each addition. Sift dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture. Add stiffly beated egg whites. Add beetroot, carrots and milk and mix lightly. Pour into ring pan and bake for about 40 mins @ 180 Degrees Centigrade. Allow to cool slightly in pan before turning out. Dust with icing sugar or use carrot cake icing (creme fraiche and icing sugar). WONDERFUL!!!!