Rich Fruit Cake

This is the fruit cake I baked for Christmas. It was wonderful.
Here goes the recipe for future reference.

Ingredients
1.Plain flour - 250gms
2.Butter -250gms
3.Sugar -200gms + 50gms
4.Baking powder - 2 tsp
5.Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
6.Egg - 5
7.Mixed Fruits - 2 cups
8.Orange and Lemon Peel - 2 tsp
9.Rum Essence - 2tsp
10.Vanilla Essence - 2tsp
11.Orange Juice - 1 cup
12.Cashew Nuts - 1/2cup Chopped + 15 to decorate
13.Mixed Spice powder - 2 tsp


Method

1.Mix orange juice ,rum essence with mixed fruits 1 day before. Next day , drain juice from fruits.
2.Heat a heavy bottom pan in a low flame. Put 50gms of sugar into the pan and slowly heat it till it melts and change into dark golden colour. Switch off the stove and carefully add 1/2 a cup of water. Switch on the stove and heat it till the caramel melts. cool the syrup.
3.Preheat the oven to 180C. Line 2 cake pans with 3 layers of baking paper.Sieve flour,baking powder ,baking soda mixed spice twice. Mix a handful of flour with the drained mixed fruits.
4.Mix Butter and sugar in a bowl.
5.Add egg and a teaspoon of flour. Beat well with electric beater.
6.Continue with all the eggs.
7.Now mix flour into the egg mixture with a wooden spatula.
8.Mix Caramel syrup, vanilla and rum essence into the cake mixture.
9.Add mixed fruits and nuts into the cake mixture and mix slowly in a single direction.
10.Pour this mixture into cake pans. Cover the cake tin loosely with 2 layers of baking paper and tie it around.
11.Bake for 1 hour or till the knife comes out clean..