Coconut Fruit Mince Slice

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 100 g apples, cored,finely chopped
• 25 g butter
• 75 g raisins
• 75 g sultanas
• 75 g currants
• 50 g raw sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mixed spice
• 1 orange, juice of
• 1 orange, zest of
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 125 g sliced almonds
• 30 ml brandy
• 100 g butter
• 50 g raw sugar
• 175 wholemeal self-rising flour
• 2 eggs
• 100 g raw sugar
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 175 g desiccated coconut
• 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 fruit mince: place all ingredients except almonds and brandy into a deep ovenproof dish and mix thoroughly.
• 2 cover with foil and bake in an oven at 120 c for an hour.
• 3 stir mincemeat halfway through cooking.
• 4 leave to cool before adding almonds and brandy.
• 5 keep refrigerated until ready to use- it will keep for up to a month in the fridge.
• 6 base: cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 7 stir in the flour.
• 8 mix well and press evenly into an 18 x 23 cm tin that has been lined with greased greaseproof paper.
• 9 bake at 180 c for 10 minutes until pale golden.
• 10 topping: beat eggs, sugar and vanilla until thick and creamy.
• 11 stir in the mincemeat and coconut.
• 12 mix well.
• 13 fold in the combined flour, baking powder and salt.
• 14 spread topping evenly over the base.
• 15 return to the oven and bake for a further 20-30 minutes until the fruit mince setting is set.
• 16 when cool, cut into fingers and store in an airtight container.