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Delicious and easy boiled fruit cake
Easy and delicious, the most difficult issue with this cake is trying not to devour it in one go!
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Keyword:
boiled fruit cake, Fruit cake
Prep Time:
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
1
hour
hour
20
minutes
minutes
Resting time:
1
hour
hour
Total Time:
2
hours
hours
30
minutes
minutes
Servings:
12
people
Calories:
Author:
Ella's Better Bakes
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@ellasbetterbakes
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#ellasbetterbakes
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Alter quantities (metric only)
12
people
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Here's what you'll need...
20 cm round cake tin
heavy bottomed saucepan
Wooden spoon
nylon sieve
Ingredients you'll need...
Stage 1 ingredients
100
g
unsalted butter
(¼ Cup plus 3 tablespoon)
150
g
dark brown sugar
granulated (½ Cup)
400
g
mixed dried fruit
(2¾ Cups)
1½
teaspoon
mixed spice
1
teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
(baking soda)
8
fl oz
cold water
Stage 2 ingredients
100
g
self raising flour
(½ Cup plus 3 tablespoon)
100
g
plain flour
all purpose flour (½ Cup plus 3 tablespoon)
½
teaspoon
fine salt
2
medium eggs
light beaten
1
tablespoon
demerara sugar
optional
Here's what we do...
Stage 1
Check your fruit to ensure it is all separated and not stuck together in clumps.
Put all stage 1 ingredients into your saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted and sugar has dissolved.
Bring to a boil and then simmer gently for 1 minute.
Leave to cool.
Stage 2
Heat your oven to 160°C/140°C fan/Gas mark 3
Grease your baking tin with butter and line the base with greaseproof paper.
Sift the flours and salt together.
Add half of the beaten eggs and half of the flour mixture to the stage 1 ingredients and fold in with a wooden spoon.
Add the rest of the eggs and flour and fold in until fully incorporated, do not over mix but do ensure there are no pockets of flour remaining.
Pour the mixture into your cake tin and gently level out.
Sprinkle the demerara sugar over evenly over the top.
Bake for 1 hour and 20 minute, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before removing and cooling on a cooling rack.
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