Best British Fruitcake Recipes

QUICK AND EASY BRITISH FRUITCAKE

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A quick and easy fruit cake for tea time that tastes best fresh out of the oven. You can use any mixed dried fruit you like, including cherries. [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.co.uk]

Provided by Tessaann

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English

Time 1h10m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups self-rising flour
½ cup unsalted butter
1 ¼ cups dried mixed fruit
½ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon mixed spice
5 tablespoons milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons light brown sugar, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 6-inch round cake pan.
Place flour in a bowl. Rub butter into the flour until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Add mixed fruit, 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, and mixed spice. Stir to combine. Add milk and egg and mix until batter is soft and easy to drop.
Drop batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle light brown sugar on top and pat down with the back of a spoon.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 347.6 calories, Carbohydrate 56.1 g, Cholesterol 54.5 mg, Fat 12.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 367.6 mg, Sugar 17.9 g

BRITISH FRUITCAKE

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Categories Cake Fruit Dessert Bake Wedding

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1 apple, peeled, chopped
0.5 mango, peeled, chopped
50g dried cranberries
100g dried dates (no stones)
50g crystallized strawberries
35g crystallized ginger
50g dried apricot
50g dried red grapes
50g walnuts
200g butter
300g light brown sugar
3 free range eggs
1 lemon - grated zest
1 orange - grated zest
200g plain flour
0.5tsp baking powder
1tsp vanillasugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 150C. Sieve the flour and baking powder together. Place the dried fruits in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Melt the butter and sugar together in a saucepan and allow to cool slightly. Beat the eggs, ginger, strawberries, lemon and orange zest and vanilla sugar into the butter and sugar. Drain the dried fruits and chop finely and add to the saucepan. Stir in the apple, mango and flour, then spoon into a tin and bake in the oven for about 60 minutes until well risen. A skewer inserted should come out clean with just a few crumbs. Leave to cool in the tin. And now it is all up to you an your taste. It can be covered with marzipan and sugar paste and decorated or simply enjoyed on its own.