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Boiled fruit cake Recipe
Boiled fruit cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Boiled fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To be with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook boiled fruit cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Get 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
- Make ready 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
- Take 125 g butter - chopped
- Get 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Prepare 1 tablespoon (sherry or orange juice is fine)
- Make ready 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
- Get 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Make ready 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
- Prepare 1 cup plain flour
- Get Grated nutmeg and orange peel
- Get 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Prepare 180 C oven
Steps to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Place crushed tropical fruit, dried fruit, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
- Bring mixtures to the boil and then simmer for approx. 5 minutes
- Cool
- Sift plain flour, self-raising flour and bicarbonate of soda together
- Add beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Stir gently.
- Add dry flour mixture and stir.
- Place mixture in a prepared 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy top (optional).
- Bake 180C for approx 1.5 hours. Skewer test the middle after 1 hour 15 minutes to check if the cake is cooked or needs a little longer. Cool slightly then turn out onto a wire rack to cool fully.
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