Ingredients
1. Self rising flour (2c)
2. dark chocolate, chopped (60gms)
3. vanilla essence (1tsp)
4. eggs (2)
5. caster sugar (1 1/4c)
6. butter, softened (125gms)
7. brandy (2tbsp)
8. raisins (1/3c)
9. coarsely chopped walnuts (1/2c)
10. chopped glace cherries (1/3c)
11. milk (1c)
12. nutmeg (1tsp)
13. cinnamon (1tsp)
14. baking soda (1tsp)

Method of preparation:-
1. Take a bowl; soak raisins in brandy in the pan for overnight. First heat the oven to 180 degrees C. Take 2 round sandwich cake tins of 20 cm, grease and flour them and keep them aside.

2. Take a bowl, place it over hot water and melt chocolate in it and then keep it to cool. Take another bowl, beat butter and sugar in it until it gets light and fluffy. Beat eggs in this mixture one by one and then add vanilla and chocolate in it.

3. Sieve flour, spices and soda three times in a bowl. Then add flour mixture into the creamed mixture along with milk. Mix cherries, soaked raisins and walnuts in it. Now put the mixture into the greased tins with spoon.

4. Place the tins in oven and bake them for about 35 minutes at 180 degrees C. Now take out the tins from oven and keep them to cool for about 5 minutes in tins and then place on wire rack to cool completely.

Makes about 2 cakes