Irish Plum Cake

Ingredients

• •Cake:
• •8 ounces butter
• •8 ounces sugar
• •3 eggs
• •3/4 teaspoon almond extract
• •3 tablespoons golden syrup
• •3 ounces finely ground almonds
• •4 cups unbleached white flour
• •1 teaspoon baking soda
• •pinch salt
• •12 ounces milk
• •2 cups golden raisins
• •2 1/2 cups currants
• •Grated rind of 3 oranges
• •Grated rind of two lemons

Directions

1. 1Cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time and beating well after each addition. Beat in the syrup, almond extract and ground almonds.
2. 2Reserving 1/2 cup of the flour, sieve the remainder with baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition.
3. 3Coat sultanas and currants with reserved flour and fold into batter along with grated peels.
4. 4Mix well and pour into a well-buttered tube pan, distributing batter evenly. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Let pan cool for 45 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to further cool.