125g Dried fruit cake mix
300ml Boiling Water or fruit juice or brandy
125g Butter
750g Sugar
2 Eggs
375g flour
5ml Baking Powder
2.5ml Vanilla Essence
5ml Cinnamon
185ml Milk
Grated lemon rind

Soak dried fruit in hot liquid for 30 minutes.

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Sift together dry ingredients. Add to egg mixture and blend well. Add vanilla essence and cinnamon. Add milk a little at a time. Drain fruit mixture, reserving liquid. Fold in fruit mixture together with lemon rind. Pour into greased baking dish.

40ml Icing Sugar
12ml Cocoa
5ml cinnamon
Juice of one lemon

Mix together syrup ingredients and liquid reserved from soaking mixed dried fruit. Pour over batter. DO NOT MIX. Bake for 30 minutes at 350� F.