Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Boiled fruit cake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, boiled fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Boiled fruit cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Boiled fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first 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:

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

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.

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