It was a bit of an effort, especially as it took 3 hours to cook, but I thought it would be worth it in the end. Unfortunately it was not, but this was not the recipes fault. I made the big mistake of leaving out the currants!!!!
I was so concerned that I had enough sultanas, that I forgot to put the currants in. I actually had the pack of currants out on the side, which made it worse.
I think part of the reason that they got left out was that there was a great deal of mixture anyway, so I did not miss them. I realised my mistake after about half an hour of the cooking time when I came into the kitchen, and saw the unopened pack of currants on the side! I was really annoyed with myself, but there was nothing I could do by then.
As a result, this cake is very crumbly and dry, and sorely in need of its currants. some members of the family have bravely made their way through a piece of it, but I think in the end it is the birds who might benefit most! I don't feel that I can rate this cake, as it would not be fair. Having said that, due to it having wholemeal flour, I don't think that it would have been that popular in our house anyway. There are lots of other more delicious fruit cakes in the book that I would be quicker to make again.
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