Pear and Ginger Spice cake
1 cup raisins
1/4 cup Brandy
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp mixed spice
pinch salt
140 gm butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 lge eggs
2 lage pears, cored and chopped
75 gm glace ginger chopped
1 cup walnuts
castor sugar
Soak raisins in brandy. Sift flour, baking powder, spice and salt into a bowl. Cream butter and sugar till pale and fluffy. Add eggs one a t a time beating well after each. Gradually fold in flour mixture into creamed mix. Add pears, ginger, walnuts, raisins and brandy. Place in a greased 25cm cake tin and bake for 1 1/2 hrs at 180 deg. Remove from oven, stand for a few minutes then cool on rack Sprinkle with castor sugar.