Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, boiled fruit cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Place soaked fruit, water, butter, golden syrup and sugar in a saucepan. Slowly bring to the boil then remove from heat and add bicarbonate of soda mixed with one tablespoon boiling water. Add lightly beaten eggs mixing thoroughly.
Boiled fruit cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Boiled fruit cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook boiled fruit cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
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
- Get 125 g butter - chopped
- Make ready 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Get 1 tablespoon brandy (sherry or orange juice is fine)
- Take 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- Prepare 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
- Prepare 1 cup plain flour
- Get Grated nutmeg and orange peel
- Get 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Make ready 180 C oven
Grease and line three loaf tins. Place the mixed fruit and nuts, sugar, margarine, bicarbonate of soda, water and brandy in a large pan and bring to a boil. This deliciously rich and fruity cake is frequently requested by Dairy Diary readers. Turn off heat, add bicarbonate soda and mix thoroughly.
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.
When mixture is cold, add flour and eggs, mixing well. Combine the water, dried fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Best fruit cake I have ever made. In a large pot over medium heat, add the fruit, brown sugar, water, butter, mixed spice, cinnamon, baking soda, cream of tartar and whiskey or brandy if using. Grease a loaf tin or round cake tin.
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