Saturday, August 21, 2010

Can anyone please give me the recipe for boiled fruit cake please?

i had my mums cook book but moving house it got lost and mum is no longer with me help please.Can anyone please give me the recipe for boiled fruit cake please?
Boiled Fruit Cake





Ingredients:


12 ounces mixed dried fruit


5 ounces glace cherries (roughly chopped)


2 ounces mixed peel


2 ounces walnuts


3/4 cup butter or margarine


1 teaspoon mixed spice


1/2 teaspoon baking soda


1 cup milk


12 ounces self-rising flour, sifted


2 eggs


1 1/2 cups white sugar





Directions:


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Line one 8 inch deep sided cake tin with greasproof paper.


2. Place the fruit cherries, peel, walnuts, sugar, butter or margarine, mixed spice, baking soda and milk in a medium sized saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Let mixture cool to body temperature.


3. Stir in the flour and the eggs. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Wrap outside of pan with brown paper or newspaper.


4. Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 40 minutes then reduce temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and continue to baking cake for 1-1/2 hours. Remove cake from oven and allow it to cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn it out onto a cooling rack, remove greaseproof paper and leave until cool. Cake can be stored for up to 6 months wrapped in foil and in an air tight tin.Can anyone please give me the recipe for boiled fruit cake please?
Joyofrecipes.com.
wow that sounds good - please someone answer as I would like this receipe also!!
12 OZ PLAIN FLOUR + 2TEAS MIXED SPICE


1TEAS CINNAMON +1TEAS GINGER,


8 OZ BUTTER


8 OZ BROWN SUGAR


3 EGGS BEATEN


HALF PINT MILK


I TEASPOON BICARBONATE SODA


I TEASPOON ALMOND ESS


1 TEASPOON VANILLA ESS


1 1/2 IBS MIXED FRUIT


2 OZ CHOPPED NUTS


2 OZ GLAZED CHERRIES


3 FLUID OZ ,BRANDY OR OTHER BOOZE


MELT BUTTER AND SUGAR IN THE PAN ,COOL SLIGHTLY,ADD EGGS,STIR, THEN ADD FLOUR AND SPICES,MIX WELL WARM THE MILK AND ADD THE BICARB OF SODA,STIR WELL ADD TO MIXTURE NEXT ADD VANILLA AND ALMOND ESSENCE.THEN ADD ALL THE FRUIT AND NUTS STIR VERY WELL,LASTLY ADD THE BOOZE.

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