Mary Berry's Mincemeat Loaf Cakes

You can’t go wrong with a Mary Berry recipe and this one is a real classic that uses up leftover mincemeat. It makes two light, crumbly fruit cakes - one for yourself and one for a friend! 

150 g soft butter
225 g mincemeat
150 g soft light brown sugar
225 g self raising flour
2 medium eggs
100 g Glace cherries
100 g sultanas
50 g blanched almonds or halved glace cherries, for decoration

• Preheat oven to 180C/160Fan/350F.
• Grease and line 2 1lb (450g) loaf tins.
• Simply mix all the ingredients except for the almonds together until they are well incorporated.
• Spoon the mixture into your loaf tins. 
• Stud with the blanched almonds/halved cherries.
• Bake for 1 hour if using 1lb loaf tins or 35-40 minutes for mini loaf tins or until the cakes are shrinking from the sides, risen and golden and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Recipe: Something Sweet Something Savoury