I gave Adam the choice of a birthday cake, and this was what he picked. It turned out to be a great choice, and one I would definitely recommend. It contains lots of cherries, pineapple, apricots and sultanans, and as Mary says it is a "light yet succulent cake".
It involved quite a lot of preparation, in cutting up the fruit, and I was glad of my food mixer as there was a lot to mix, however, it was straight forward. My only complaint is that at the end, it says to glaze the cake with icing sugar and water. I thought it sounded strange, and was quite doubtful, but as that is what the recipe suggested, I thought I had better obey!
As I started to spread the sugar over, I knew that my initial thoughts had been right, however, having started, I needed continue, but I just did a very thin layer. If you put on what the recipe says, which is 100g of icing sugar mixed with water, you would not have a glaze, but an iced cake, which would cover over all the fruit and nuts on the top. My thought are that it should be a caster sugar and water glaze. If you are making it, I would say don't bother with a glaze at all, it doesn't need it.
It scored a brilliant 9.75 from the birthday boy, and was a great success with our visitors.
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