Fruit Cake Recipe

Fruit Cake Recipe

(Christmas Cake Recipe)

Ingredients:

Ingredients A:

285 g flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons mixed spice

 

Ingredients B:

225 g currants

225 g sultanas

225 g raisins

115 g candied peel

115 g almonds

115 g glace cherries

 

3 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons water

6 tablespoons evaporated milk

225 g butter

175 g sugar

5 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

4 tablespoons brandy

 

Method:

Sift ingredients A together.  Chop ingredients B into small pieces.  Rub sifted flour into the chopped ingredients.  Set aside.  Grease an 18 cm (7 inch) square cake tin.  Line with greaseproof paper at base and sides.  Grease paper.  Caramelize the sugar and water to a dark brown.  Add the evaporated milk and stir over a low heat to dissolve the caramel.  Cool in refrigerator.  Cream butter and sugar until light.  Add  beaten eggs a little each time and beat until well blended.  Add the vanilla essence, caramel and 2 tablespoons of the flour to the egg mixture.  Beat lightly until well blended.  Fold in the remaining flour-fruit mixture and the brandy.  Stir well.  Pour batter into cake tin and bake in oven at 175°C for 1-1¼ hours or until cake is done.  Leave cake to cool in tin before turning out on to a cake rack.

 

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