Boiled Fruitcake
2 hours 25 minutes
I first made this boiled fruitcake recipe for Christmas but now I use it all year round. I have made errors and forgot ingredients and it is very forgiving, I haven't made one I can't eat yet.
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Ingredients
Serves: 10
- 400g dried mixed fruit,
- 140g glace cherries
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 200g butter
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 cup (250ml) milk
- 2 1/2 cups (340g) self raising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 2 eggs
Directions
Preparation:25min ›
Cook:2hours ›
Ready in:2hours25min
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Line one 20cm deep-sided cake tin with baking paper.
- Place the dried fruit, cherries, sugar, butter, mixed spice and milk in a medium sized saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Let mixture cool.
- Stir in the eggs then sift in the flour and bicarb soda. When well combined pour the batter into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 2 hours. Remove cake from oven and allow it to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn it out onto a cake rack, remove baking paper and let cool.
