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BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Boiled fruit cake image

Rustle up this easy fruitcake for your cake tin. Packed with juicy raisins, sultanas, currants and mixed peel, it's perfect for afternoon tea with a cuppa

Provided by Ailsa Brown

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter, cubed, plus extra for the tin
175g light brown soft sugar,
200g raisins
200g sultanas
100g currants
50g mixed peel
225g self-raising flour
1½ tsp mixed spice
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 eggs, beaten

Steps:

Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Melt the sugar, butter and 225ml water in a large saucepan. Once melted, add the raisins, sultanas, currants and mixed peel. Bring to a gentle boil, and stirring occasionally, cook until reduced and softened, around 10-15 mins. Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature.
Tip the flour, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt into a large bowl. Add the cooled fruit mixture and stir, then add the eggs and mix to combine. Bake for 45-55 mins until dark brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into slices to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 344 calories, Fat 10 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 59 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 44 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium

NAN'S BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Nan's Boiled Fruit Cake image

A Very Moist Fruit Cake - passed down from my nan

Provided by ijhawkins

Time 2h

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

BOILED FRUIT MIXTURE
4 oz Brown Sugar
8 oz margarine or butter
1lb mixed fruit
2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 Pint Milk
4 oz Glace Cherries
2 eggs beaten
2 oz chopped walnuts
12 oz Self Raising Flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Steps:

Place all the ingredients for the fruit mix in a large saucepan bring to the boil and allow to cool for about 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 160C / Gas 3
Add the cherries and nuts stir through
then add eggs and mix well, add the flour and fold through the mix.
Place the mixture in a greased and floured 8' - deep cake tin. Tie some greaseproof paper around the outside of the tin so that the paper comes over the edges of the tin or optionally place over the top about half way through baking. Bake for 2 hours but check after 1.5 hours , check to see if cooked throughly with a skewer. If not bake a little further until the skewer comes out clean from the cake. Allow to cool and either decorate with marzipan and royal icing, or dried apricots and cherries and glaze with melted apricot jam or plain is very nice too.