Place all the dried fruit, glacé cherries, orange zest & juice, amaretto, brandy, sugar & spices in a large bowl, mix and then leave over night or up to a couple of days.
Next when ready to cook, and the remaining ingredients to the soaked fruit mix, (Grated apple, blanched almonds, flour, suet, breadcrumbs and the eggs) and mix to combine well. Scrape the mix into the bowl, place of the mix and a piece of grease proof paper on the top and then clip on the lid.
Sit the basin inside the slow cooker with boiling water up to about halfway up, on low setting cook for 10 hours with the slow cooker lid on.
If serving later, reheat before serving by slow cooker for 4 hours.
Serve with whipped cream with Amaretto.