BOILED FRUITCAKE

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I know a lot of people don't like fruitcake, but I love it and can't understand what's not to love;-). This is a nice simple one from my high school cookbook. I've made a couple of changes to the original recipe over the years.

Provided by JustJanS

Categories Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 2/3 cups mixed fruit (eg currants, raisins, golden raisins, dates, prunes, dried cherries or cranberries)
1/3 cup mixed peel
1/3 cup glace cherries
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice (similar to pumpkin pie spice)
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs (beaten)

Steps:

Preheat your oven to 350f.
Place the sugar, water, fruit, peel, glace cherries, almond, spices, soda and butter in a saucepan.
Bring to the boil stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat when it reaches the boil, and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Add the beaten egg, sifted flours and pour into a prepared tin-greased and lined 7 inch square or 8 inch round cake tin.
Bake for 1 hour, allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4032, Fat 125.4, SaturatedFat 63.8, Cholesterol 667, Sodium 2098.9, Carbohydrate 694.9, Fiber 81, Sugar 203.4, Protein 64.6