Ingredients:
225g/8oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
125g/4oz Margarine or Butter 
125g/4oz Caster Sugar
2 Eggs (Large)
1 level teaspoon Mixed Spice (mixed with Flour)
25g/1oz Cherries &275g/10oz Mixed Dried Fruit
5 tablespoons Milk
Decoration:   Walnut Halves or 8 Whole Almonds (skinned), 3 Cherries (halved)

Oven Temp:  Preheat oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3
Shelf: Middle      Size of Tin: 900g/2lb Loaf Tin

All-In-One-Method:
1. Brush the tin with melted margarine or butter & place a strip or a circle of greaseproof paper on the bottom
2. Place all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl & beat with a wooden spoon until well mixed (2-3 minutes)
3. Place the mixture in the prepared tin & smooth the top
4. Arrange the walnut halves or whole almonds & cherry halved on the top.
5. Bake in the pre-heated oven on the middle shelf for 1 ½ - 1 ¾ hours.
6. Test (see below) & remove from the oven when baked.
7. Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out, remove the paper & cool on a wire tray. Store in an airtight container.
To Test Harvest Fruit Loaf: Press the top of the Cake lightly with the fingers - it should feel firm. Thrust a clean, warm skewer into the middle of the cake, if it comes out clean, with no uncooked mixture clinging to it, the cake is ready.