1½ cups White Sugar
1 tsp. Almond Essence
3½ tsps. Baking Powder
1 cup Mixed Nuts
2½ cups Cake & Pastry Flour
1 cup Margarine
½ cup Instant Coffee
1 tsp. Mixed Spice
½ cup Milk
3 medium size Eggs
½ cup White Rum
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Mixed Spice
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2 tbsps. Red Label Wine
Preheat oven to 180°C. Chop nuts and set aside.
Grease a 25cm baking pan and sprinkle with
chopped nuts. Put sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and
almond essence in a bowl and beat for about 10
minutes. Sift flour, coffee, baking powder, cinnamon
and mixed spice. Add flour and milk alternatively,
beginning and ending with flour. Add the Red
Label wine to the mixture and pour mixture into the
greased baking tin. Place in oven to bake for 35
minutes and prepare the rum glaze.
