The world can wait

I promise this really is as easy to make as it sounds. And it's delicious. Even hubby who won't eat jam unless its on a scone covered with real clotted cream has been eating it. All you need are equal quantites of fresh fruit and sugar. So I used 400g raspberries 400g granulated sugar 2tsp lemon juice (its roughly 1tsp to each 250g fruit) This made two jars. Heat the jam jars. Either microwave or fill with boiling water. Put everything in the pan and mash slightly. Put a small plate into the freezer to chill. Heat and bring to the boil Boil for 5 mins. Then put a tsp jam onto the cold plate and put in fridge for 30 secs to test setting point If the jam wrinkles when you run your finger through it, its done. other wise boil for another minute and retest. decant into the hot jars and seal immediately. Eat.

Boiled Fruit Cake Defies all known cake baking skills known to man. Or woman.  12oz mixed dried fruit 4oz glace cherries 8oz marg 8oz soft brown sugar 10oz self raising flour 1 large tablespoon marmalade 3 eggs 1.Light oven gas mark 2/150C/300F 2.Put fruit into pan and cover with water. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 mins. 3. Put ALL other ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly. Yes, you read that right. Put the flour, marg,  sugar, marmalade and eggs into the bowl at the same time and mix. Trust me. It works. 4. Strain the fruit and tip into the cake mix 5. Stir well. 6. Tip into greased and lined 8inch cake tin. 7. yes i know my pic isn't round. I made 4 littler ones this time. The mix does that. 8. Bake in oven for 2½ to 3hrs. Or if making the 4 smaller ones roughly 45-50 mins. 9. Test with skewer and then cool in tin upside down on a wire rack for 15mins before taking the tin off to  finish cooling...