Make the tea in a jug then measure your dried fruit into a large bowl.

Pour the hot tea over the dried fruit and mix it well. Cover the bowl and leave it to soak overnight if possible,I soaked mine for 1 hour they plumped up nicely.

Cream the butter and the sugar in another bowl

Add the egg and beat well

Sift in the flour and mix

Add fruit and the remaining tea and mix well

Grease your slow cooker or line with baking paper

Pour in mixture and cook on high for 1 and a half - 2 hours. Or untill you've tested the centre with a skewer.