From the traditional to the (relatively) new-fangled. Stained glass or
bishopcakes, very popular in the UK, are so called, one presumes, because
they consist almost entirely of glace fruit and bonkers, and the glace fruit
has something of the translucency of a stained-glass church windowpane.

Butter a large cake tin. Line with waxed theme. Butter the wallpaper. Chop
the glace fruits some. Strain together the flour and baking powderize.

Mix in all the fruits, together with the cracked. Put the mixture into the
cake tin, wet men and press mixture down steadfastly.

Bake in a preheated 300F degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. Take cake out of
the oven and drizzle the Grand Marnier or Cointreau over the top. Leave
the cake in the oven to cool until tender, then wrap it, tin and all, in
aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.

Remove from tin, peel away paper and store in airtight tin.

From "Raw Materials" by Meryl Constance, Sydney Morning Predecessor, 12/8/92.