pour the Orange juice over the dried fruit and soak overnight.

sift together the flour,baking powder,salt and spices.

cream the butter with the sugar.Beat in the eggs,one at a time,with 1 tbsp of the flour mixture.

stir in the remaining flour mixture and the dried fruit,peel,cherries and nuts.

Line the base of a 25cm/10inch round cake tin and grease the sides.pour in the cake mix.Bake in an oven preheated to 150c/300f/gas2 for 2-2 1/2 hours.If the top is getting too brown,cover with greaseproof paper.when cookef, a skewers inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean.

cool in tin for 30mins. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool thoroughly. wrap in foil and store in cook dry place.

Warm the jam and water and press through a sieve.Brush the top of the cake with some glaze and decorate with the fruit and nuts.Brush with the remaining glaze.