Recipe - Moist Fruit Cake 

1. Soaking Dried Fruits:
1. Cut the apricot into smaller pieces.  Blend all the dried fruits in a airtight container.  Pour 200ml or more of rum/brandy and stir until all the dried fruits are coated with alcohol.
2. Leave in the refrigerator for for 2 weeks or up to 1 year.  I would check the dried fruits frequently and add more alcohol as it got soaked up.
2. Baking Day:
1. Preheat your oven to 165C -170C (top and bottom heat)
2. Grease and line 2 round baking tins. Line inside with baking parchment, then wrap a double layer of paper/newspaper/aluminium foils around outside and tie with string to secure.
3. Sift together, flour, baking powder, almond meals and spices.
4. In a bowl of stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add in egg until nicely mixed together
5. Add in honey and orange zest, mix well.  
6. Add in half of the flour mixture, beat to combine.  Then add in milk and orange juice and mix till incorporated.  Fold in the balance of the flour mixture with spatula until well combined.
7. Lastly, fold in the soaked mixed fruits and mix well.  Add in candied orange peels if you like.  
8. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and level it
9. Bake at preheated oven for 70 – 80 minutes.
10. Remove cake from oven.  Allow to cool in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack. When cold, wrap the cake tightly in a double layer foil or cling film in an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator (up to several months). 

1. I normally leave cake in the fridge for 4 - 5 days to let it set before cutting. The hardest part of the whole recipe is to wait patiently for the cake to set!
2. As you can see I did not use cherry in my mixed dried fruits.  I find it is not that healthy as a lot of colouring added.
3. If you can't get the store bought almond meals, just blend raw almond in a food processor until fine.