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Boiled Fruit Cake. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. This Easy (Boiled) Fruit Cake is a much simpler version of the traditional British fruit cake. Yet it contains all the necessary ingredients.
Boiled fruit cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Boiled fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have boiled fruit cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Take 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
- Take 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
- Prepare 125 g butter - chopped
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Get 1 tablespoon brandy (sherry or orange juice is fine)
- Prepare 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Get 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
- Prepare 1 cup plain flour
- Take Grated nutmeg and orange peel
- Prepare 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Prepare 180 C oven
This sticky cake is quick and easy to make and will keep well if stored in an airtight container. Grease and line three loaf tins. Place the mixed fruit and nuts. You don't boil the cake, just the ingredients before you bake it.
Instructions to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Place crushed tropical fruit, dried fruit, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and brandy in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
- Bring mixtures to the boil and then simmer for approx. 5 minutes
- Cool
- Sift plain flour, self-raising flour and bicarbonate of soda together
- Add beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Stir gently.
- Add dry flour mixture and stir.
- Place mixture in a prepared 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy top (optional).
- 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.
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. 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. This moist, tender, boozy fruit cake from Andrew Zimmern gets its amazing texture from boiling the This easy and forgiving recipe is inspired by a boiled fruit cake Andrew Zimmern tasted when visiting.
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