Boiled fruit cake
Boiled fruit cake

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, boiled fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Boiled fruit cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Boiled fruit cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Get 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
  2. Get 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
  3. Prepare 125 g butter - chopped
  4. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  5. Get 1 tablespoon brandy (sherry or orange juice is fine)
  6. Make ready 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
  7. Get 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  8. Prepare 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
  9. Take 1 cup plain flour
  10. Make ready Grated nutmeg and orange peel
  11. Get 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  12. Prepare 180 C oven
Instructions to make Boiled fruit cake:
  1. Place crushed tropical fruit, dried fruit, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and brandy in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
  2. Bring mixtures to the boil and then simmer for approx. 5 minutes
  3. Cool
  4. Sift plain flour, self-raising flour and bicarbonate of soda together
  5. Add beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Stir gently.
  6. Add dry flour mixture and stir.
  7. Place mixture in a prepared 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy top (optional).
  8. 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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