Siena Cake

I found the cookbook with this recipe in a Cambodian airport. Who would have thought!

Ingredients : What you need

• 1 cup roasted blanched almonds

• 1cup roasted hazelnuts (I used walnuts)

• ½ cup glace apricots (I used dried apricots or sultanas, currents etc)

• ½ cup glace pineapple (I used dried mango)

• ¼ cup mixed peel

• ½ cup dried figs chopped

• ¾ cups plain flour

• 1 tablespoon cocoa

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ½ teaspoon mixed spice

• ½ cup caster sugar

• ½ honey

Method : How to make

1. Preheat oven to 150°C. Line a 23 cm baking tray with baking paper
   

2. In a large bowl combine nuts and fruit. Sift in flour, cocoa and spices and mix into the fruit and nuts
   

3. Heat sugar and honey in a small pan on low until sugar has dissolved. Boil for 1 minute
   

4. Pour hot syrup over the dry mixture, using a metal spoon combine quickly as the mixture will become very stiff
   

5. Press into the prepared tin using wet fingers to spread the mixture out evenly
   

6. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Leave in the tin until cold.
   

7. The cake in best left for a few days before serving. When you do, dress it with icing sugar