Cranberry & Apple Spice Cake

Ingredients

• 1 tsp double-acting baking powder 
• 200 g butter softened
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• 1.3 cup little demerara sugar 
• 225 g cranberries dried
• 3 large eggs beaten
• 2 tsp ground ginger 
• 1 tbsp maple syrup 
• 2 tsp spice mixed
• 0.5 cup g/ raisins 
• 2  apples red grated
• 320 g self-raising flour 

Equipment

• food processor
• oven
• wire rack
• cake form
• skewers

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 180 c/ fan 160 f/ gas
2. Line a 8 inch round cake tin with greaseproof paper or a greaseproof liner.
3. Beat together the butter, sugar, maple syrup, eggs, flour, baking powder and spices until the mixture is pale and thick. I pop my mixture into a food processor.
4. Fold in the fruit and spoon the batter into the cake tin.
5. Bake for around bake for 1 hour and 10 to 15 minutes until the cake is golden brown. Do the skewer test. If it comes out clean it is ready.
6. Leave to cool slightly in the tin and then move onto a wire rack to continue cooling.