Boiled fruit cake

Name: Boiled fruit cake
Ingredients: 2 eggs, beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp mixed (apple pie) spice; 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 450 g/1 lb/4 cups self-raising (self-rising) flour; 400 ml/14 fl oz/1⅔ cups milk; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup soft dark brown sugar; 350 g/12 oz/2 cups mixed dried fruit; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
10–15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

The texture of this cake is quite distinctive – moist and plump as a result of boiling the dried fruit with the butter, sugar and milk prior to baking. It will keep for two weeks in an airtight container.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter, plus extra for greasing
350

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3. Grease and line a 20cm/8in round cake tin (pan).
Put the dried fruit in a large pan and add the butter, sugar and milk. Bring to the boil. Stir occasionally. When the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved,