Apple Cake Fruit Mix    

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COURTESY OF CALVARY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP .

you will need an agee jar lge size. 1 green rim to fit .1 rubber band,
 9" round of cardboard . material to fit .
some raffia string to go around the top.  plus a ribbon and a fancy plain card
for writing ingredients and method to cook on it ..
1st cut out your 9" circle of material . iron it then put aside .
take a pce of raffia and make sure it is long enough to tie around top . 
place the rubber band with these as well . 
 then go to the kitchen with your agee jar  and add as the list says in layers :

for Spicy Cake Mix:

1/4 cup milk powder;
3/4 tspn salt;
1 tspn baking powder;
3/4 tspn baking soda;
3/4 tspn cinnamon;
1/4 tspn +1/8 tspn nutmeg ;
1/4 tspn+ 1/8 tspn  cloves;
1/2 cup + 1 tbspn. brown sugar ;
1 cup flour [plain];
*1/2 cup sultanas;        optional
*1/3 cup chopped nuts or extra dried fruit;      optional
3/4 cup sugar;
1/2 cup flour [extra].

Layer the ingredients , in the order given, into a wide mouth 
1 quart preserving jar. pack each layer into place before adding next ingredient.
Screw down the the jar lid with the ring , then decorate  with a
9 " diameter circle of fabric secured with a rubber band  before
tying with raffia / ribbon/ twine /yarn as preferred.
attach the recipe card  and a personalised gift tag.
The mixture should be able to keep up to 6  mths, unless it
contains nuts ,then should be used before 3 months .

On gift tag write this down:

Apple and Spice Cake :
1 jar of spicecake mix.
1+ 1/2  cups Applesauce mix [350 g]
2 eggs .
Preheat oven to 190oC  and when mixed turn down to 325oF .
in a large bowl empty cake mix and gently break up mix of all lumps .
Mix together 2 eggs and sauce ,Blend into dry ingredients;
Spread onto well greased tin .bake for 45= 55 mins .let it cool
before removing .[cake mix will keep for 3-4 mths.]