From clothahump the forum:
8oz dried apricots halved
4oz mixed peel
4oz currants
8oz sultanas
1/4 pint Calvados
8oz raisins
8oz butter
8oz muscovado sugar
8oz plain flour
4 large eggs
12oz glace cherries, 6oz left whole
zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
Soak the fruit (but not the cherries or mixed peel) overnight in the Calvados, it should all have been soaked up by the morning.
Preheat oven to Gas 1
Mix the butter with the sugar in a big mixing bowl then add the rest of the ingredients until mixed thoroughly.
Spoon into well greased tin and cover with greaseproof paper, takes about 3 1/2 hours to cook to golden brown
Place on rack and allow to cool
Once cool place a large sheet of cooking foil on the worktop and place cake top down on the foil, draw the foil up around the cake so you have about 2" above the cake, make sure it is tightish around the sides even if it means using some raffia or even better a piece of old cotton sheet about 2" wide.
Now comes the fun bit.
Get yourself a knitting needle and make holes in the cake, not too deep as you do not want to go right through.
Pour in glass of Calvados evenly over the surface, and lightly cover with foil, repeat this for a week and then wrap.
Leave to soak for another week somewhere cool, allow to breath for a couple of hours before slicing.
It normally comes out a bit on the soggy side but it is well worth it.
One last thing.
Enjoy.
