Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, boiled fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Soak fruit overnight in sherry or brandy. Add bicarb soda mixed with one tablespoon boiling water and gently stir through with the spatula - the mix will froth up but should not spill over. Combine the water, mixed fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
Boiled fruit cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Boiled fruit cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started 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 that.
The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Prepare 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
- Prepare 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
- Take 125 g butter - chopped
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Prepare 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
- Get 1 cup plain flour
- Prepare Grated nutmeg and orange peel
- Make ready 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Take 180 C oven
Once cool, add flour and eggs to the mix and stir thoroughly. Place the mixed fruit and nuts, sugar, margarine, bicarbonate of soda, water and brandy in a large pan and bring to a boil. Take the pan off the heat and allow to cool. Place the fruit cherries, peel, walnuts, sugar, butter or margarine, mixed spice, baking soda and milk in a medium sized saucepan.
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.
Let mixture cool to body temperature. Place all ingredients except flour and eggs into a pan. Melt butter over low heat with brown sugar, golden syrup, mixed fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and rum. Turn off heat, add bicarbonate soda and mix thoroughly. When mixture is cold, add flour and eggs, mixing well.
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