Ingredients
Serves: 50
- I½ cups ginger ale
- 1½ kg dried fruit mix
- 300g butter
- 1½ cups sugar (brown or white)
- 6 eggs (beaten)
- 4½ cups flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ tablespoons (or so) brandy or (sherry or whisky or essence)
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:4hours ›
Extra time:30min ›
Ready in:5hours
- Bring fruit mix to the boil in ginger ale for a minutes or so
- Coool a little then add butter and beat it in when melted. Cool a little more and add sugar and beat / stir. Cool till nearly cold
- When nearly cold, add the brandy, sherry, whisky or essence
- Add beaten eggs alternately with sifted flour.
- Spoon into prepared baking tin
- Decorate with nuts/ cherries if you wish
- Bake 2 hours at 160º C; then for 2 hours at 140º C
- Check with skewer.
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This recipe looks good but can you pleas advise what size baking tin to use? - 18 Nov 2011 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)
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