Bread Pudding Cake Recipe

225 g/8 oz/8 thick slices bread

300 ml/0.5 pt/1.25 cups milk
350 g/12 oz/2 cups dried mixed fruit (fruit cake mix)
50 g/2 oz/0.25 cup chopped mixed (candied) peel
1 apple, peeled, cored and grated

45 ml/3 tbsp soft brown sugar

30 ml/2 tbsp marmalade
45 ml/3 tbsp self-raising (self-rising) flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
5 ml/1 tsp lemon juice
10 ml/2 tsp ground cinnamon
100 g/4 oz/0.5 cup butter or margarine, melted

Method:

Soak the bread in the milk until very soft. Mix in all the remaining ingredients except the butter or margarine. Stir in half the butter or margarine, then spoon the mixture into a greased 23 cm/9 in square cake tin (pan) and pour the remaining butter or margarine over the top. Bake in a preheated oven at 150°C/ 300°F/gas mark 3 for 1.5 hours, then increase the oven temperature to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and bake for a further 30 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin.