Dundee cake

Method

1. Grease and line an 8in cake tin. I use either spring form or loose base.

2. Preheat your oven to 160°C.

3. Beat the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs slowly combining them. If they begin to curdle add a tablespoon of the flour.

4. Stir in the dried fruit, ground almonds and zest, the flour and the ground almonds until combined fully.

5. Scoop the mixture into the prepared tin. Arrange whole almonds in circles on the top of the cake.

6. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 160°C and cook for a further 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

7. Allow the cake to cool in the tin.