Celebration cake

I made this cake for Gary´s christmas get together for science department. It took a long time to chop up all the dried fruits. I had dried figs, dates and a whole lot of other peculiar dried fruits, even dried kiwi. Perks of being in Mexico city. I did soak all the chopped fruits in Bacardi anejo for a week, it smelled heavenly.
 
raisins - 1 cup
dates - 1 cup

dried figs- 1 cup
dried currants - 1 cup
glace cherries - 1 cup
blanched almonds - 1 cup
dried apricot - 1 cup
chop all the fruits and nuts and soak in a cup of dark rum for a week or atleast overnight.

butter - 250 gm
brown sugar - 1 cup
eggs- 5
flour - 2 cups
baking powder - 1 teaspoon
cardamom - 5 pods
cinnamon stick - one inch piece
cloves - 2
dried ginger - 1 inch piece

powder the sugar with the spices. cream the spicey sugar with the butter. add eggs one a time and beat well after each addition.
sift the flour with baking powder. fold in the flour to the buuter. fold in dried fruits.
line a cake pan with three thickness of baking paper, extending the paper above the side.
spread mixture into pan.
bake at 150 degrees celsius for 2 and a half hours. test with a skewer, if it comes out sticky, bake for 30 more minutes.
remove from oven and brush the hot cake with rum.
stand overnight lightly covered in foil.