Ingredients

• 600 g raisins
• 400 ml booze, plus extra to 'feed' the cake (brandy, sherry, Tia Maria, rum... all work well)
• 300 g butter, at room temperature
• 300 g plain flour
• 250 g mixed dried fruits (try prunes, apricot, apples, pears) finely chopped
• 4 eggs, at room temperature
• 200 g currants
• 200 g dark brown sugar
• 1 lemon
• 150 g ground almonds
• 150 g walnuts, chopped
• 100 g dried sour or glacé cherries
• 2 tbsp treacle (I used golden syrup)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• a pinch of ground cloves