Tutti Frutti Cake

This is a cake for people like me who cannot cook

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   Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 and put a pre-formed cake tin liner in a cake tin. (About 8" across)
   Tip the sponge mix out of the packet into a large bowl. Break the egg and put the insides in the bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of water (level, not heaped) and mix it round and round very fast until the powder is all dissolved and your arm aches. Add 2 more tablespoons of water and repeat with the other arm. Add a couple of drops of rum essence and mix this in as well.
   Drop the contents of the Fruit Mix packet into the cake mixture, stir it around then tip the lot into the lined cake tin. Sprinkle a handful of chopped nuts over it and bung it in the oven.
   Leave it for about half an hour until it looks golden brown on the top. Stick something sharp in it (eg a fork) and if it comes out sticky put the cake back in the oven for 5 or 10 more minutes. Remove from the oven and lift the liner out of the tin and put the cake somewhere to cool.
   If it is still gooey when you slice it don't panic. Make up a packet of custard mix and call it Tutti Frutti pudding instead.