Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, boiled fruit cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This is probably one of the better boiled fruit cakes that have come out of Ireland. I like it exactly the way it is printed and it is very good spread. This fruit cake is a simpler and easier version of making a traditional fruit cake or old-fashioned fruit cake.
Boiled fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine 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 prepare a few components. You can cook boiled fruit cake using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:
- Prepare 1 cup water
- Prepare 1 cup caster sugar
- Get 1 lb dried fruit
- Take 6 oz margarine
- Make ready 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Prepare 2 eggs
- Take 2 cup self raising flour
This is a Northern Ireland recipe given to me by my mum many years ago! You don't boil the cake, just the ingredients before you. It's not a fancy fruit cake but something for everyday. Take of heat and add the bicarb soda, stirring through, mixture will foam up a bit.
Steps to make Boiled fruit cake:
- In a large saucepan, mix all of the ingredients apart from the flour, eggs and bicarbonate of soda.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Allow the mix to cool completely.
- Whilst cooling, line a large cake tin with greased baking paper and preheat the oven to 302° F/ 150°C.
- Beat in the eggs.
- Sift in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and then fold everything together.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 1 1/2 hours on the middle shelf of the oven.
- Leave to cool in the tin.
This deliciously rich and fruity cake is frequently requested by Dairy Diary readers. Add flour and eggs and stir well. See more ideas about Boiled fruit cake, Fruit cake, Cake recipes. All the dried fruit ingredients in this fruit cake are boiled before cooking which makes it extra plump and moist. It is even better the next day..fruit cake.
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