Boiled fruit cake
Boiled fruit cake

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, boiled fruit cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Boiled fruit cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Boiled fruit cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

This is probably one of the better boiled fruit cakes that have come out of Ireland. I like it exactly the way it is printed and it is very good spread. This Easy (Boiled) Fruit Cake is a much simpler version of the traditional British fruit cake.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook boiled fruit cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:
  1. Make ready 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
  2. Get 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
  3. Prepare 125 g butter - chopped
  4. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  5. Get 1 tablespoon brandy (sherry or orange juice is fine)
  6. Make ready 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
  7. Get 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  8. Prepare 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
  9. Get 1 cup plain flour
  10. Make ready Grated nutmeg and orange peel
  11. Prepare 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  12. Get 180 C oven

Add flour and eggs and stir well. You don't boil the cake, just the ingredients before you bake it. This is a Northern Ireland recipe given to me by my mum many years ago! You don't boil the cake, just the ingredients before you.

Instructions to make Boiled fruit cake:
  1. Place crushed tropical fruit, dried fruit, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and brandy in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
  2. Bring mixtures to the boil and then simmer for approx. 5 minutes
  3. Cool
  4. Sift plain flour, self-raising flour and bicarbonate of soda together
  5. Add beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Stir gently.
  6. Add dry flour mixture and stir.
  7. Place mixture in a prepared 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy top (optional).
  8. Bake 180C for approx 1.5 hours. Skewer test the middle after 1 hour 15 minutes to check if the cake is cooked or needs a little longer. Cool slightly then turn out onto a wire rack to cool fully.

INTRODUCTION This is the traditional fruit cake baked in a rather traditional way. It is one type of fruit cakes that can be served during Christmas. It's not a fancy fruit cake but something for everyday. Take of heat and add the bicarb soda, stirring through, mixture will foam up a bit. A Very Moist Fruit Cake - passed down from my nan.

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